Sri Lanka

Bodhgayā, Bihār. Crossbar of vedikā with medallion depicting a mermaid-like figure. Illustration after Cunningham 1873, pl. XXVI.

Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Donative inscription of Bodhirakhita (Bodhirakṣita) (INBG00010) on crossbar of vedikā (OBBG00010). Edition here that of Tsukamoto (1996), see Concordance for bibliographic data.

Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Donative inscription of Udayaśrī (INBG00024) on pedestal of a Buddha image  (OBBG00024). Edition here that of Tsukamoto 1996, see Concordance for bibliographic data.

Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Inscription of Prakhyātakīrttī (INBG00015) on a coping stone of the vedikā (OBBG00015) recording an offering made by Prakhyātakīrttī, a monk from Laṅka, to the ratnatraya for the peace of mankind . Edition here that of Tsukamoto 1996, see Concordance for bibliographic data.

The inscription was discovered in ruins of an ancient monastery belonging to the Jētavanārāma group, north of the Kūṭṭam-pokuṇa in Anurādhapura. It consists of 14 lines of Sanskrit prose engraved on a granite slab. It seems to be the second portion of a text. The first part must have been written on another slab, which has not been found. The inscription records rules for the guidance of monks and laymen living in within the precincts of the vihāra or in its lands. No date is given in the inscription but, according to Wickremasinghe, it is probably from the first half of the 9th century A.D.