In 1969 an early Jaina inscription was discovered from Pale cave, Taluka Mawal, District Pune, Maharashtra, by H.D. Sankalia and Shobhana Gokhale, Pune (1971: 67–69). It was an important discovery of an early Jaina inscription in western India. While studying the Pale inscription, both the authors had cited that “There must be many more such inscriptions, which need to be discovered.” Recently an inscription is noticed in one of the small rock-cut excavations group in fort Lohogad, Lohagadwadi by a group of trekking and exploration enthusiasts. While observing this inscription, it proposes some early characteristics of Brāhmī script. It is significant to mention that the Lohagadwadi inscription starts with ‘Namo arahaṁtānaṁ’ and the donor’s name Idarakhita. Interestingly, the inscription shows close affinity to the Pale cave inscription and proposes to be an important early inscription of Jainism in Maharashtra by the same donor mentioned in the Pale inscription. Probably, a small cave complex of Lohagadwadi, as primarily described in this article, dates back to the early rock-cut activity of Jainism in Maharashtra.

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印度马哈拉施特拉邦浦那Lohagadwadi（Fort Lohagad）的碑文

1969年，HD Sankalia和Shobhana Gokhale（浦那）从马哈拉施特拉邦浦那的Taluka Mawal的Pale洞穴中发现了一个吉安娜的早期铭文（1971：67-69）。这是印度西部早期Ja那教碑文的重要发现。在研究苍白铭文时，两位作者都引用“必须要发现更多此类铭文”。最近，一群徒步和探险爱好者在洛哈加德瓦迪（Lohagadwadi）的洛霍加德堡（Lohogad）的一个小型岩石开挖群中发现了一个铭文。在观察此铭文的同时，还提出了婆罗门文字的一些早期特征。值得一提的是，Lohagadwadi铭文以“ Namoarahaṁtānaṁ”开头，捐赠人的名字为Idarakhita。有趣的是 该铭文与帕莱洞穴铭文具有密切的亲和力，并建议是帕勒铭文中提到的同一位捐助者在马哈拉施特拉邦Ja那教的重要早期铭文。如本文所述，洛哈加瓦迪（Lohagadwadi）的小洞穴群可能可以追溯到Ja那教在马哈拉施特拉邦的早期岩石切割活动。