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Two Seals from Cutch

By D. B. Diskalkar

Vol. 2 · No. 1March - 1926pp. 157–158English
Brahmi Inscription Analysis

Summary

Bhandarkar describes two seals unearthed in the Cutch region. The first bears a legend in early Brāhmī script naming a merchant guild, while the second shows a humped bull standing before a trident. The article provides drawings and a transliteration, notes that the palaeography suggests a date around the first century B.C., and discusses the possible connection with Rudra cults. Bhandarkar points out that the iconography resembles seals from the Indus Valley civilisation, implying continuity in motifs across millennia.

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Conclusion

These small objects, Bhandarkar concludes, are valuable evidence for the persistence of mercantile organisation and religious symbolism in western India.

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  • “The two seals, made of brass, published here, were found in 1897 hy the late Dewan Bahadur Ranchedbhai Udayram, once the Dewan of Cutch State, during his search लि antiquities in Cutch.”
  • “The inscription on this seal reads (1) Sri Pisdcacaturyvidya [sya] “(This કહ્યો 15) of (a brahmana) named Pisiica, who is learned in the four Vedas”.”
  • “The inscription shows that the seal is that of a Caturvedi-Brih- 10302 named Sumanemukha, {who} came from Vidheyapura.”

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Vol. 2 · No. 1
1–15A Short History of CeylonWilhelm Geiger16–27Stupa and TombB. M. Barua27–38Rasātala or the Under‑WorldNandu Lal Dey38–47The Trade of India (from the earliest period up to the 2nd century A.D.)P. T. Srinivas Iyengar47–52SalihotraGirindranath Mukherji53–67Some old Bengali Books and Periodicals in the British MuseumSushil Kumar De67–76Patañjali as he reveals himself in the MahābhāṣyaPrabhat Chandra Chakravarti77–86A Copper‑plate Grant of Viśvarūpa Sena of BengalHariprasad G. Shastri89–128Inscriptional Excursions in Respect of Asoka EdictsB. M. Barua129–146Principles of Hindu Taxation – Canons of TaxationJ. N. C. Ganguly146–157Hindu Politics in Italian – MachiavellismBenoy Kumar Sarkar157–158Two Seals from CutchD. B. DiskalkarCurrent article159–176Indian Literature Abroad (In China) IIPrabhat Kumar Mukherji177–180The date of Kaniska and Mr. KimuraSten Konow180–182A Note on Excavation‑work by Medieval BengaleesRamesh Basu183–186Perumal's ApostacyK. Rama Pisharoti186–188A Note on the Evidence of Pāṇini on Vāsudeva‑worshipK. G. Subrahmanyam188–191Progress of Archaeological Research in MysoreC. S. Srinivasachari192–195The Cerebralization of the Dental Nasal in PāliVidhushekhara Bhattacharya195–198Calcutta Imperial Library198–203Ownership of the Soil in Ancient India : The evidence of certain texts discussedU. N. Ghoshal204–214ReviewsNalinaksha Dutt, U. N. Ghoshal, D. Bhattacharya, Panchanan Mitra, Subimal Chandra Datta215–219Select Contents of Oriental Journals

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