1. The Deorkothar inscriptions 27 Inscription 1 28 Inscription 2: fragments 1 and 2 28 Fragment 3 29 Fragment 4 29 2. Anuruddha 32 3. kokudikena 33 4. nāmdi 35 5. Conclusion: Implications of the Deorkothar inscriptions for the evaluation of Buddhist tradition 37