Felsbilder und Inschriften am Karakorum-Highway

It is highly probable that the dots at the end of these inscriptions
are to be interpreted as punctuation marks rather than as a
The nominative ending in occasionally as in
may be an attempt to indicate some kind of neutral vowel as
found in earlier Middle Indian inscriptions in the North West
(v. HINUBER 1986: § 296).
Besides these Sanskrit names typical local names are attested as
well:
P/. 7. (641-84/18/64);
P/. 52 7a:p;t/omP<3 (190-83: Camp Site)
P/. 51 8. (641-83/18/65)^
Names ending in attached to Sanskrit words are fairly
commonh Other names are Iranian:
P/. 55 9.sn (641-84/18/40; cf. v. HINUBER 1986a: no.
122)
Others resist any analysis so far:
P/. 54 10. (641-84/18/63)
P/. 55 11. a:
b: (642-84/20/14)
The genitive case is by far less common:
P/. 56 12. MsyM&uw%yy% (Je 79-61-17A, SANDER, Appendix 5)
P/. 57 13.
P/. 5 7 14. uf;'4v<2&?yy% (both: Je 79-34-28, SANDER, Appendix 8a)
Occasionally, the genitive ending has been cancelled:
P/. 56 15. (Je 79-61-17A, SANDER, Appendix 1)
TYPE 2: Here the names are combined with verbs meaning "has
come, has arrived":
P/. 55 16.ru7fUyo /P<3 (176-85: Shatial-West; HUMBACH 1980a,
no. 17)3
P/. 5P 17. prnpmP (172-83: Camp Site; cf. v. HINUBER
1986a: no. 128)

6 This name is of paiaeographic interest because of the rather rare occur-
rence of -f- noted as O in/f: ^ , cf. below p. 80.
7 On names ending in -o(p)ta(Pa): v. HINUBER 1983a: 273. It may be
worth while pointing out the interchange of r and / in one of these names:
sa/otasya : sarota, see below nos. 65, 106.
8 This type is frequent at Alam Bridge: FUSSMAN 1978: 60 s.v. gafa.

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