The Mauryan Polity c10.s2.t3.9

c10.s2.t3.9

¹ Hultzsch, Trans., pp. 33-34. See above pp. 168, 173-5, for a slight modification in the interpretation of certain terms. The statements in the inscriptions (V.R.E.): atikātaṁ amtaraṁ na bhūta-pruvaṁ dhammamahāmātā nāma| ta m(a)yā traidasavāsābhi(s)i(tena) dhammamahāmātā katā| (Girnār, corpus, p. 9). se atikantaṁ amtalaṁ nohuta-puluva dham(m)a-mahāmatā nāmā| t(e)dasa-vasābhi(i)sitenā mamayā dharma-mahāmāt(ā) kaṭ(ā)| (Kālsi, corpus, p. 32). sa atikrataṁ atara no bhuta-pruva dhramma-ma(ha)ma(tra) nama| so todaśavaṣabhisitena maya dharma-mahamatra kiṭa (Shāhbāzgārhi, corpus, p. 55).