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The inscription was inscribed using the Gupa scripture. It is noticeable similar to modern Khmer cursive sripture used until modern day. Notes on the use of the letter 'Cha' of similar form with the modern Khmer charactor 'Cha' of today and was different from other inscriptions. They were used at two different places, the first at line 9 and the second one at line 10 for the name "Chanda" of the King. As it looks closer to the letter "ba", the original reading was "Banda" instead of "Chanda". This correction allows us to correlate with the Chinese record about an Indian king Tien-chu Chan-tan sending tributes of tamed elephants to the Chinese court. We shall identify King Chanda Meruraja as Chandragupta II and his son Nandana as Kaundinya. Other than the change of "Banda" to "Chanda", we agree with most the original reading. Only some minor changes had to be made.