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| Inscription ID | IN00018 |
| Title | Bihar Kotra Stone Inscription of Naravarman |
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| Parent Object | OB00017 |
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| Responsibility | |
| Author | Gai, G. S. |
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| Digitally edited by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Language | संस्कृतम् |
| Reigning monarch | Naravarman |
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| Date: | |
| Min | 416 |
| Max | 418 |
| Comment | Intrinsic Date: 474 śrāvaṇa śukla 2 (era: Kṛta). Basis of dating: intrinsic. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 1.5 |
| Description | Mālwā variety of western Gupta alphabet. |
| Layout | |
| Campus: | |
| Width | 33 |
| Height | 17 |
| Description | Campus dimensions as measured on the original object. Character size refers to body height. The left-hand edge is broken, and up to one character is lost at the beginning of some lines. The inscription consists of six lines, the last of which does not extend to the right margin. Lines and margins are slightly irregular, but the individual characters are neatly, boldly and deeply engraved. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | Reported by G. V. Acharya in PWMR 1938-39: 12. Critically edited in Chakravarti 1941-42. Summarised in Trivedi 2001: 12 (No. 1). |
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