Place: Bodhgayā

Bodhgayā (बोधगया, often Bodh Gaya, Bihār).

Bodhgayā stone stele (OBCH0001) with a Chinese inscription (INCH0001) dated CE 1021-22.

Bodhgayā stone stele (OBCH0001) inscription (INCH0001) written in Chinese and dated CE 1021-22.

Bodhgayā stone stele (OBCH0002) with a Chinese inscription (INCH0002) of the Song dynasty dated 1022 CE. Working edition (01/2021)

Bodhgayā (बोधगया, often Bodh Gaya, Bihār).

Stone stele (OBCH0002) with Chinese inscription (INCH0002) of the Song dynasty dated 1022 CE.

Bodhgayā (बोधगया, often Bodh Gaya, Bihār).

Stone slab (OBCH0005) with the seven Buddhas (saptatathāgata 過去七仏) and Maitreya (弥勒仏), inscribed with a Chinese inscription (INCH0005) mentioning the figures, and the monks from China who commissioned the sculpture. Now in the Indian Museum, Kolkata.

Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Inscription (INBG00016) on the inner side of a coping stone of the vedikā (OBBG00016) recording an endowment for offerings made in the gaṃdhakuṭī (“the perfumed chamber of the Buddha”, i.e. the sanctum of the Mahābodhi temple). Edition here that of Tsukamoto 1996 (based on Bloch 1912), see Concordance for bibliographic data.

Bodhgayā (बोधगया Bihār). Chinese inscription of Huaiwen dated in the second year of 明道 Míngdào (CE 1033) of the Song emperor 真宗 Zhēnzōng. Edition here that of Chavannes (1896), see Concordance for bibliographic data. Working edition (02/2021).

[top portion]:

1. 大宋皇帝
2. 皇太后為
3. 太宗皇帝
4. 建塔壹座

[main text: 1.] 大宋

[2.] 聖文睿武仁明孝德皇帝.

[3.] 應元宗德仁壽慈聖皇太后.謹遣僧懷問.詣摩伽陀

[4.] 國奉為資薦

[5.] 太宗至仁應道神功聖德文武睿烈大明廣孝皇帝.

[6.] 於金剛座側.建塔一座.

[7.] 太宗皇帝伏願.高步 天宮.親承

[8.] 佛記書證. 真仙之位常居.

[9.] 釋梵之尊誕錫. 威靈永隆

[10.] 基業時明道二年.歲次癸酉.正月十九日記. 丙 日予

Bodhgayā (बोधगया, often Bodh Gaya, Bihār).

Stone stele with Chinese inscription dated in the second year of 明道 Míngdào (CE 1033) of the Song emperor 真宗 Zhēnzōng.