Source: TW
Throughout much of the subcontinent, old Indians ~200 BCE-300 CE had a habit of inscribing their names on plates/vessels they ate/drank from. However, they are found only at some sites, not others, with similar archaeological structures. A rich haul of such inscribed ceramics comes from the material collected by Raviprolu Subrahmanyam, the great historian-archaeologist, in his excavation in the andhra country. Below are some onomastics of the inscribed ceramics from his excavations from the andhra-southern ikShvAku period. It shows some H names are timeless:
- bodhika; 2. buddhi; 3. varuNa; 4. rAhula; 5. sela < shaila; 6. isara-rakkhita < Ishvara-rakShita; 7. bhadata vidhika < bhadanta vidhika (he was evidently a respected teacher; perhaps, of the shuddhodana-putra’s mata); 8. gayana himarakkhita < himarakShita: a peculiar name in the south: protected by snow/winter. He was a singer from his title; 9. kuDi rAhula dhammakadhika: evidently, bauddha teacher. 10. dahara-bikkhu nAgamita < nAgamitra: a bauddha student; 11. nagutara < nAgottara; 12 piga (peculiar name); chadakA < chandrikA(?) (a female, wife of buddhi); 13. velabuddhi; 14. kamaraka< kumAraka; saghadara < saMghadhara 15. chada< chandra; 16. rAhila; 17. ha~NghA (female); 18. nAga; 19. visAga < viShAkha; 20. [nA]garakhida < nAgarakShita; 21. kumAraka siddhabalahagha; 22. kumAra samudda < samudra; 23. dhama < dharma; 24. gatavAjaka; 25. goyana; 26. saNakabuddhi; 27. kumAradatta; 28. vasula; 29. budharakhita < buddharakShita; 30. Arahila; 31. siva < shiva; 32. ulabhAka; 33. dhammapAla; 34. arika <Aryaka(?); 35. mala < malla; 36. sirichata < shrIshAnta(?); 37. mochaka; 38. nigoha; 39. kela.