According to B. N. Mukherjee of Calcutta University, who deciphered the Brahmi inscription, the stupa may have been erected by "a lay Buddhist worshipper called Ashoka".
Sipas B. N. Mukherjee i Calcutta University, i cili deshifroi shkrimin Brahmi, stupa mund të ketë qenë ngritur nga "një besimtar budist i quajtur Ashoka".