d)[ye ['s]ri Vardhamanasya pratima karita sarva_-(4th)
_satva]na[.m] hita_-

3. _[sukhaye]_;

and the translation:--

"Success! During the reign of the great king Kanishka, in the ninth
year, 9, in the first month, 1, of ..., on the day 5,--on the above
date [an image of glorious Vardhamana has been caused to be made] for
the welfare [and happiness] of [all created beings] by Vikata, the
house-wife of Bha[t.][t.]imita (Bhat[t.]imitra) and [daughter of]
Brahma ...--(this statue being) the _nirvartana_ of the preacher
Nagana[.m]idi, out of the Ko[t.]iya school (_ga[n.]a_), the
Va[n.]iya line (_kula_), (and) the Vairi branch (_['s]akha_)."

If we now turn to the _Kalpasutra_, we find that Su[t.][t.]hiya or
Susthita, the eighth successor of Vardhamana, founded the Kau[t.]ika or
Ko[d.]iya ga[n.]a, which split up into four ['s]akhas and four kulas. The
third of the former was the Vajri or Vairi, and the third of the latter
was the Va[n.]iya or Va[n.]ijja. It is evident that the names of the
_ga[n.]a, kula_, and _['s]akha_ agree with those mentioned in the
two inscriptions, Ko[t.]iya being a somewhat older form of Ko[d.]iya. But
it is interesting to note that the further subdivision of the Vairi
['s]akha--the ['S]irika bhatti (Srika bhakti) which inscription No. 6
mentions, is not known to the _Kalpasutra_. This is a gap such as may
by be expected to occur in a list handed down by oral tradition.

3. The Ko[t.]ika ga[n.]a is again mentioned in the badly mutilated
inscription No. 19, plate xv. A complete restoration is impossible.

L. 1. _Sa[.m]valsare 90 va...sya ku[t.]ubani. vadanasya vodhuya_...

2. _K|o[t.]iyato| ga[n.]ato |Pra['s]na|vaha|na|kato kulato
Majhamato ['s]akhato...sa nikaye bhati galae thabani_...

It may, however, be inferred from the fragments of the first line that the
dedication was made by a woman who was described as the wife
(_ku[t.]umbini_) of one person and as the daughter-in-law
(_vadhu_) of another. The first part of line 2, restored as above
gives--"in the congregation of ... out of the Ko[t.]iya school, the
Pra['s]navahanaka line and the Majhama branch...." The restoration of the
two names Ko[t.]iya and Pra['s]navahanaka seems to me absolutely certain,
because they exactly fill the blanks in the inscription, and because the
information in the _Kalpasutra_ (S. B. E. vol. XXII, p. 293)
regarding the Madhyama['s]akha points in that direction. The latter work
tells u