Santali to English:
ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱠᱚᱲᱟ ᱯᱞᱤᱱᱤ ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ ᱡᱮ ᱩᱭᱦᱟᱹᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱡᱷᱟᱹᱞ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱑᱒ ᱠᱤᱞᱳᱢᱤᱴᱟᱨ (᱗ᱹ᱕ ᱢᱟᱭᱞ) ᱟᱨ ᱡᱚᱥᱫᱚ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱠᱮᱥᱴᱨᱤᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱟᱨᱢᱤᱭ ᱥᱟᱝᱷᱟ ᱥᱟᱹᱢᱩᱫ ᱢᱩᱫᱨᱮ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱟᱹᱭ ᱮ ᱡᱳᱲᱟᱣ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ ᱜᱷᱩᱴᱩᱥᱚᱱᱫᱷᱤ ᱢᱩᱫᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱝ ᱠᱷᱟᱞ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ᱾
Pliny the Elder adds that the planned distance was 12 kilometres (7.5 mi), and the purpose was to cut a canal through the isthmus to connect the Caystrian and Hermaean bays.