Dear colleagues,

In the framework of the TST project (https://tst.hypotheses.org/) I have started to examine rubbings and eye-copies of inscriptions kept at the BnF in Paris.

Among these is the item “Indien 720”, for which we have the following description: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc1046846

It appears to be a scale eye-copy of a Sanskrit inscription (which would be in very big letters if it is indeed a scale reproduction, as the sheet is 200 x 95 mm).

From the annotation on the sheet I gather that the inscription was discovered in 1817 by a certain Franklin Lewis Cole (if I read correctly) and the eye-copy made later, as the sheet is made with several sheets having the watermark “B&T SWEETAPPLE 1829”. And there is a label “R.B. N° 52 1833” which refers to a collection (maybe Regis Bibliotheca, that is the BnF name, I suppose, during the “Monarchie de Juillet”).

Here are some pictures:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/75llbwcb8g4o39g/AADBNZwm_P0Z4XzfREHlqrvTa?dl=0

Could any knowledgeable people among you enlighten me about this inscription?

Especially concerning the placenames mentioned, Franklin Lewis Cole, and any reference to a publication.

With a great many thanks in advance for any clue.

With very best wishes.