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ORIGIN OF THE BENGALI SCRIPT.

(3) The Torpondighi grant of Lakṣmaṇasena.[1]

(4) The Dacca image inscription of Lakṣmaṇasena—the year 3.[2]

(5) The Bodh-Gayā inscription of Aśokacalla—the La-saṁ 51 = 1170 A.D.[3]

(6) The Gadādhara temple inscription of V. E. 1232 = 1175 A.D.[4]

(7) The alphabets used in the Manuscripts of Pāncākara, Yogaratnamālā and Guhyāvalī-vivṛti written in the 37th, 38th, and 39th year of the reign of Govindapāla, i.e., 1198-1200 A.D.[5]


  1. Epi. Ind., Vol. XIII, p. 8.
  2. J. & P. A. S. B., Vol. IX, p. 290, pl. XXIV.
  3. Cunningham's Mahabodhi, p. 78, pl. XXVIII A.
  4. Cunningham's A.S.R., Vol. III, p. 125, pl. XXXVIII; Mem. A.S.B., Vol. V, p. 109, pl. XXVIII.
  5. Bendall's Cat. Skt. Mss. in the Univ. Liby., Cambridge, pp. 188-190, No. 1699, I-III.