Yavanarajya inscription

[3][4] The inscription notes the donation of a water well and tank to the community in 1st century BCE, built by a Brahmin.

[10] The Yavanarajya inscription, written in elegant Sanskrit, reads:[11] On this day, the year one hundred sixteen, 116, of the Yavana kingdom, in the fourth month of winter on the thirtieth day... [This is] the well and tank of Ahogani, the mother of the merchant Virabala, who was the son of Ghosadatta, a Brahmin of the Maitreya clan (gotra), with [her] son Virabala, daughter-in-law Bhaguri, and grandsons Suradatta, Rsabhadeva, and Viraddata.

May (their) merit increase๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ญ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ฌ ๐‘€ฑ๐‘„๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€ฐ๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ข๐‘€ญ๐‘‚ ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ญ๐‘†๐‘€ฑ๐‘€ฐ๐‘€ข๐‘‚ ๐‘ค๐‘›๐‘— ๐‘€ณ๐‘‚๐‘€ซ๐‘€ข ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฒ๐‘‚ ๐‘• ๐‘€ค๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ฒ๐‘‚ ๐‘ ๐‘€๐‘€ข๐‘€ฌ๐‘‚ ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ญ๐‘†๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ฌ๐‘‚ Yavanarajyasya แนฃoแธaล›ottare varแนฃaล›ate 100 10 6 hemata mฤse 4 divase 30 etaye purvaye ๐‘€ฉ๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘†๐‘€ซ๐‘€ก๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ฌ ๐‘€ซ๐‘ƒ๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘‚๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ฒ ๐‘€•๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ฌ ๐‘€–๐‘„๐‘€ฑ๐‘€ค๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ข ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ฌ ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฃ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ฌ ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ป๐‘€ญ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ฌ ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ข๐‘€ผ๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘„๐‘€•๐‘€ฆ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฌ ๐‘€‰๐‘€ค๐‘€ง๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€บ brฤhmaแน‡asya maitreyasa gotrasya ghoแนฃadatta putrasya sฤrthavฤhasya vฤซrabalasya mฤturฤhogaแน‡iya udapฤni ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฑ๐‘†๐‘€“๐‘€ญ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€บ ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ณ ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘‚๐‘€ก ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ป๐‘€ญ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€ฎ๐‘‚๐‘€ฆ ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฌ๐‘‚ ๐‘€ช๐‘€ธ๐‘€•๐‘€ผ๐‘€ญ๐‘‚๐‘€ฌ๐‘‚ ๐‘€ง๐‘…๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘‚๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ ๐‘€˜ ๐‘€ฐ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ญ๐‘€ค๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ข๐‘‚๐‘€ฆ ๐‘€ญ๐‘†๐‘€ฑ๐‘€ช๐‘€ค๐‘‚๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ฆ ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€ญ๐‘€ค๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ข๐‘‚๐‘€ฆ ๐‘€˜ ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ก๐‘†๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ญ๐‘†๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ข๐‘€ผ puแนฃkariแน‡i saha putreแน‡a vฤซrabalena vadhuye bhฤgureye pautrehi ca ล›uradattena แน›แนฃabhadevena viradattena ca puแน‡yam vardhatu[9]

She states that the inscription's mention of a family of "Brahmin merchants" is significant as well and the foreign rule must have had a lasting impression on them.

[5] Quintanilla states that the nearly contemporaneous coinage of Menander I (165-135 BCE) and his successors found in the Mathura region, in combination with this inscription, suggests the hypothesis that there was a tributary style relationship between the Indo-Greek suzerains and the Mitra dynasty that ruled that region at the time.

The Indo-Greek king Menander I .