Bodhgayā, Bihār. Pedestal inscription of Mahānāman. Cunningham archive, British Museum (detail of 1897,0528,0.26a; also in 1897,0528,0.4). 

Fleet, John Faithful. Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings and Their Successors. Calcutta: Superintendent of Govt. Printing, 1888.

Ôm! This (is) the appropriate religious gift of the Śâkya Bhikśhu, the Sthavira Mahânâman, a resident of Âmradvîpa. Whatever religious merit (there is) in this (act), let it be for the acquisition of supreme knowledge by all sentient beings!

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