# EIAD 258. Dome slab fragment from the Amaravati stūpa

Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00258

Repository: Early Āndhradeśa (tfb-eiad-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSEIAD00258.xml

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-22 13:22 (151ff65), last modified 2026-09-21 16:22
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […](ti)h(ā)gam(a)l(a)kasa gahapa(ti)sa[…] ⟨2⟩ […]pu(ta)sa [2×]
r(e)vatasa [1×] bal(i)kā(ya)[…]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (ti)h(ā)gam(a)l(a)kasa ⬦ nili gamilakasa C; nili gamilakasa S.

⟨2⟩ [2×] r(e)vatasa [1×] bal(i)kā(ya) ⬦ ja revatasa ja bal(i)kāya C; ja
revatasa ja bal(i)kāya S.

## Translation

of the daughter of Revata ... son ... of the notable from -tihāgamala...

## Bibliography

This edition, based on photographs, by Arlo Griffiths and Vincent
Tournier. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in March 2025.

### Primary

[C] Chanda, Rama Prasad. 1919–1920. “Some unpublished Amaravati
inscriptions.” EI 15, pp. 258–275. Page 267, item 25.

[S] Sivaramamurti, C. 1942. Amaravati sculptures in the Madras
Government Museum. Reprints 1956, 1977, etc. Bulletin of the Madras
Government Museum New Series, General Section, 4. Madras: Government
Museum. [URL]. Page 167, items II A, 8, page 278, item 32.

### Secondary

Tsukamoto Keishō 塚本啓祥. 1996. インド仏教碑銘の研究 I, Text, Note,
和訳 Indo Bukkyō himei no kenkyū I: Text, Note, Wayaku [A comprehensive
study of the Indian Buddhist inscriptions, Part I: Text, Notes and
Japanese Translation]. Kyōto-shi 京都市: Heirakuji Shoten 平楽寺書店.
Page 222, item Amar 6.

ARIE 1912–13. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording the
progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for
[Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. Edited by H.
Krishna Sastri. No place, 1913. Item B.486.

Francis, N. J. 2016. A source book of the early Buddhist inscriptions of
Amarāvatī. Golden jubilee series. Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced
Study. Page 91, item 105.