Moreover the earlier inscription, on a statue of Buddha Amitabha found recently in North India, while clearly Mahayana, also uses formulae characteristic of non-Mahayana epigraphy.

• 而那些更早的石刻，如在最近印度北部发现的一件阿弥陀佛像（阿弥陀佛是大乘佛教所崇拜的佛像），在其中也表达了非大乘的义理。