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Rh SECTION 3

The Commemorative Inscriptions on the Pillars in the Tarai

I. THE RUMMINDÊÎ INSCRIPTION

ASOKA'S VISIT TO THE BIRTHPLACE OF BUDDHA

FACSIMILE

Rummindei inscription.jpg

TRANSLITERATION


 * 1) Devānapiyena piyadasina lājina vīsativasābhisitena
 * 2) atana āgācha mahīyite hida budhe jāte sakyamunīti
 * 3) silā vigaḍabhīchā kālāpita silāthabhecha usapāpite
 * 4) hida bhagavaṁ jāteti luṁminigāme ubalikekaṭe
 * 5) athabhagiyecha

[From impression taken by Dr. Führer]