Kahaum (Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh). Detail of pillar inscription (Wikicomons).

Kahaum (Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh). Estampage (Wikicommons).

Bibliographic information

First noticed by Montgomery Martin in 1838 (see Martin 1838 [re-published 1976]: 366-367) in a compilation of Francis Hamilton Buchanan’s reports (Buchanan’s original report on the Bengal Presidency was completed in 1816 according to Goyal 1993: 152). Also reported in Liston 1838: 33-34. Transliterated and translated in Prinsep 1838a (translation reprinted in Prinsep 1858: 250). First verse revised and translated in Hall 1860: 530n24; revised again in Hall 1861a: 3n. Also described in ASIR 01: 91-94. Edited (with new facsimile) in Indraji Burgess 1881. Re-edited in Fleet 1888. Discussed in Pandey 1952. See also, Pandey 1962: 92.

Inscription Concordance

Martin (1838) 366-367

Liston (1838) 33-34

Prinsep (1838a) 36-39

Prinsep (1858) 250

Hall (1860) 530n24

Hall (1861a) 3n

ASIR 01 (1871) 91-94

Indraji Burgess (1881) 125-126

Fleet (1888) 65-68, no. 15

Bhandarkar (1929) 173-174, no. 1278

Pandey (1952) 298-300

Pandey (1962) 92

Sircar (1965) (vol. 1) 316-317, bk. III, no. 26

Bhandarkar (1981) 305-308, no. 29

Agrawala (1983) no. 33

Goyal (1993) 252-255