Bodhgayā Sanctum Image Inscription of Pīṭhīpati Jayasena

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.

The inscription is re-edited from these facsimiles by Dániel Balogh in Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne (British Museum Press, London, 2021, p. 43; ISBN 978 9780861592289)

See also 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).