<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bodhisattava_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_dated_123_CE.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Bodhisattava_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_dated_123_CE.jpg/220px-Bodhisattava_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_dated_123_CE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="370" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Bodhisattava_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_dated_123_CE.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="328" data-file-height="552"></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bodhisattava_dedicated_by_Bhikshu_Bala_at_Sarnath_dated_123_CE.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The statue that was being dedicated. The shaft was supporting a stone umbrella over the statue. The statue itself has two shorter inscriptions of similar content.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/SalomonIndianEpigraphy/Salomon_Indian%20Epigraphy#page/n293/mode/2up">pp.271-272</a>.</div></div></div>
<p>Sarnath umbrella shaft inscription Kanishka Year 3.<br>
Original text:<br>
1. maharafszcjjasya k[a]niskasya sam 3 he 3 di 20-2<br> 
2. etaye purvaye bhiksusya pusyavuddhisya saddhyevi-<br> 
3. harisya bhiksusya balasya tr[e]pi[ta]kasya<br> 
4. bodhisatvo chatrayasti ca pratisthapit[o]<br> 
5. baranasiye bhagavato ca[m]k[r?]ame saha mata-<br> 
6. pitihi saha upaddhyayaca[rye]hi saddhyevihari-<br> 
7. hi amtevasikehi ca saha buddhamitraye trepitika-<br> 
8. ye saha ksatra[pe]na vanasparena kharapall[a]-<br> 
9. nena ca saha ca[tu]hi parisahi sarvasatvanarn<br> 
10. hita[szc]sukharttham 
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Translation:<br>
1. In the year 3 of the Great King Kaniska, [month] 3 of winter, day 22:<br> 
2-3. on this aforementioned [date], [as the gift] of the Monk Bala, Tripitaka Master 
and companion of the Monk Pusyavuddhi [= Pusyavrddhi or Pusyabuddhi?],<br> 
4. this Bodhisattva and umbrella-and-staff was established<br> 
5. in Varanasi, at the Lord’s promenade, together with [Bala’s] mother<br> 
6. and father, with his teachers and masters, his companions<br> 
7. and students, with the Tripitaka Master Buddhamitra,<br> 
8. with the Ksatrapa Vanaspara and Kharapallana,<br> 
9. and with the four communities,<br> 
10. for the welfare and happiness of all beings.<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/SalomonIndianEpigraphy">Salomon p.271-272</a>
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/EpigraphiaIndica/Epigraphia_Indica#page/n227/mode/2up">Epigraphia Indica p.173</a>
ASI 1905
1905-01-01
<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/EpigraphiaIndica">Epigraphia Indica VIII</a>]
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Published 1905