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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.36942#0284
The total number of inscriptions so far discovered at Helor Das East is
17, viz. one Sogdian (photo 3) and 16 Brahmi inscriptions. The following
boulder, 3 m high, with its xhipa drawing and 6 Brahmi inscriptions, is
specially conspicuous (photo 4; no 1-7):
1 .stupa: three bases, dome, /la/Tnika, 3 or 4 umbrellas, two banners.
2 Above this .sfupa, at the left of a walking animal, faint Brahmi in-
scription: /vi AaJa/aya/. It is a Sanskrit proper name in the nomi-
native case.
3 Above the previous inscription, in Brahmi:
The angular shape of the ja and the triangular headmark of the
/a^ suggest a date close to the 5th cent. AD.
4 To the left of the umbrella of the .sfapa, in Brahmi: /zarawa^a
The reading is certain. I cannot explain the meaning of Noramusa,
which may be an Iranian proper name: /zara-mu^a. The names 77a-
raka and 77arazrzazta are attested at Mathura and Manikiala by
KharosthI inscriptions.^ There is also one 77arayaJa^a at Takht-i-
Bahi.^ According to Liiders, TVaramazta is a Scythian word with
the same meaning as Sanskrit ^azzapah.^ The shape of the ^
could indicate a date around the 5th cent. AD.
5 On the left side of the third base of the .shzpa, below the previous
inscription, in Brahmi: name /ha/z^/za JJ/zaraza .saazg/zaya, "hom-
age to the Buddha, the Law and the community".
There is no truly characteristic akyara which would enable us to
give a date more precise than 5th-6th cent.
6 Below and on the left side of the previous inscription, in Brahmi:
pn'kaazz'fra + + +
3 DANI 1963: pi Xllb, 1; SANDER 1968: Tafel 10, k; DANI 1983: 70-72.
4 KONOW 1929: 30 and 146.
5 KONOW 1929: 63.
6 KONOW 1929: 38.
7 SANDER 1968: Tafel 2, a and 10, k.
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17, viz. one Sogdian (photo 3) and 16 Brahmi inscriptions. The following
boulder, 3 m high, with its xhipa drawing and 6 Brahmi inscriptions, is
specially conspicuous (photo 4; no 1-7):
1 .stupa: three bases, dome, /la/Tnika, 3 or 4 umbrellas, two banners.
2 Above this .sfupa, at the left of a walking animal, faint Brahmi in-
scription: /vi AaJa/aya/. It is a Sanskrit proper name in the nomi-
native case.
3 Above the previous inscription, in Brahmi:
The angular shape of the ja and the triangular headmark of the
/a^ suggest a date close to the 5th cent. AD.
4 To the left of the umbrella of the .sfapa, in Brahmi: /zarawa^a
The reading is certain. I cannot explain the meaning of Noramusa,
which may be an Iranian proper name: /zara-mu^a. The names 77a-
raka and 77arazrzazta are attested at Mathura and Manikiala by
KharosthI inscriptions.^ There is also one 77arayaJa^a at Takht-i-
Bahi.^ According to Liiders, TVaramazta is a Scythian word with
the same meaning as Sanskrit ^azzapah.^ The shape of the ^
could indicate a date around the 5th cent. AD.
5 On the left side of the third base of the .shzpa, below the previous
inscription, in Brahmi: name /ha/z^/za JJ/zaraza .saazg/zaya, "hom-
age to the Buddha, the Law and the community".
There is no truly characteristic akyara which would enable us to
give a date more precise than 5th-6th cent.
6 Below and on the left side of the previous inscription, in Brahmi:
pn'kaazz'fra + + +
3 DANI 1963: pi Xllb, 1; SANDER 1968: Tafel 10, k; DANI 1983: 70-72.
4 KONOW 1929: 30 and 146.
5 KONOW 1929: 63.
6 KONOW 1929: 38.
7 SANDER 1968: Tafel 2, a and 10, k.
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