The lacuna in line 2, after _Dattilasya_, probably contained the word
_duhituye_ or _dhûtuye_ and part of a male name of which only
the letter _vi_ is visible. In l. 3, possibly _koṭhabiniye_
is to be read instead of _koṭhubikiye_. As there is room for one
more letter at the end of the line, I propose to read _mâtuye_. In l.
5, _Dinâye_ would stand for _Dattâyâḥ_ and be the genitive of
a female name _Dinnâ_ or _Dattâ_, which has been shortened
_bhâmâvat_. There can be no doubt that the word _śrî_, or
_śiri_, which is required, has stood before _Vardhamâna_.
With these restorations the translation is as follows:
"Success! The year 20, summer (_month_) I, day 15. An image of
glorious Vardhamâna, the gift of the female lay-disciple Dinâ
[_i. e_. Dinnâ or Dattâ], the [_daughter_] of Attila, the wife
of Vi..la, the mother of Jayavâla [Jayapâla], of Devadâsa and Nâgadina
[_i. e_. Nâgadinna or Nâgadatta] and of Nâgadina [_i.e._ of
Nâgadinnâ or Nâgadattâ]—(_this statue being_) the _nirvartana_
[Footnote: The word _nirvartana_ has the meaning of 'in obedience
to the order', or 'in consequence of the request'. It occurs again in
the Prakrit form _nivatanaṁ_ below, in No. 10 (pl. xiv) and it
has stood in No. 4, and at the end of l. 2 of No. 7, where the rubbing
has _nirva_. It is also found in the next: _Arch. Sur. Rep._
vol. XX, pl. v, No. 6.] of the preacher Aryya-Saṅghasiha [_i.e._
Ârya-Saṅghasiṁha], out of the Koṭiya school, the Vâniya race,
the Vairi branch, the Śirikâ division".
The inscription given _Arch. Sur. Rep_. vol. XX, plate v, No. 6
reads, according to an excellent rubbing:
L. 1. _Namo Arahaṁtânain namo Siddhâna saṁ_ 60 [Footnote:
In reading the first figure as 60, I follow Sir A. Cunningham. I have
never seen the sign, in another inscription. The characters of the
inscription are so archaic that this date may refer to an earlier
epoch than the Indo-Skythian.] + 2