Bodhgayā Sanctum Image Inscription of Pīṭhīpati Jayasena

<p>Facsimiles of the Bodhgayā Sanctum Image Inscription of Pīṭhīpati Jayasena. The inscription is arranged in four blocks on the pedestal of a larger-than-life sculpture of the Buddha in bhūmisparśa mudrā, presently housed in the sanctum of the Mahābodhi temple at Bodhgayā. Blocks A, B, C and D shown from archive photograph, C’ and D’ from archive photograph of an inked rubbing. Both photographs originally belonged to (and were presumably made) by Alexander Cunningham and are presently at the British Museum. Cropped, enhanced and rearranged by author. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum.</p> <p>For text and bibliography see Tsukamoto, Keisho. 1996. A Comprehensive Study of the Indian Buddhist Inscriptions. Part I. Text, Notes and Japanese Translation. Kyoto: Heirakuji Shoten, pp. 146–47 (I. Bodh-Gayā 29).</p> <p>The inscription is re-edited from these facsimiles in a paper by Dániel Balogh (2017, forthcoming).