2, _ku[t.]umbimye_; I also note that the lacuna in
line 2, 3th and 4th sides, would be filled exactly by _ye
['s]ri-Vardhamanasya pratima karita sarvasattva_. The former existence
of the first and last seven letters may be considered certain. My
restoration of the whole is,--
L. 1 (1st side) _Siddha[.m] maharajasya Kanishkasya rajye
sa[.m]vatsare navame_ [Footnote: _Sac. Bks. East_, vol. XXII
p. 292.] (2nd side).. _masc pratha_ 1 _divase_ 5
_a-(3rd)[sya[.m]] purvvaye Ko[t.]iyato ga[n.]ato Vaniya[to]_
(4th) _[ku]lato Vairito ['s]akato vachaka_-
2. (1st side) _[sya] [N]agana[m.]disa ni[rva]r[ta]na[.m] Brah[ma]_ ...
_[dhu-(2nd)tuye] Bha[t.][t.]umitasa ku[t.]u[[.m]]bi[n]i[ye]
Vika[t.]a-(3rd)[ye ['s]ri Vardhamanasya pratima karita sarva_-(4th)
_satva]na[.m] hita_-
3. _[sukhaye]_;
and the translation:--
"Success! During the reign of the great king Kanishka, in the ninth
year, 9, in the first month, 1, of ..., on the day 5,--on the above
date [an image of glorious Vardhamana has been caused to be made] for
the welfare [and happiness] of [all created beings] by Vikata, the
house-wife of Bha[t.][t.]imita (Bhat[t.]imitra) and [daughter of]
Brahma ...--(this statue being) the _nirvartana_ of the preacher
Nagana[.m]idi, out of the Ko[t.]iya school (_ga[n.]a_), the
Va[n.]iya line (_kula_), (and) the Vairi branch (_['s]akha_).
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