Kahaum (Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh). Detail of pillar inscription (Wikicomons).
Kahaum (Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh). Estampage (Wikicommons).
Luck!
1) In the peaceful reign of Skandagupta, whose hall of audience is fanned by the breezes caused by the throwing down (at his feet) of the heads of hundreds of kings—who is born in the lineage of the Guptas—whose fame is spread (far and wide)—who is of supreme greatness— (and) who resembles (the god) Śakra, being the lord of a hundred kings—in the 141st year, the month Jyeṣṭha having arrived;
2) In this jewel of a village named by the people as Kakubha, (and) purified by the intercourse of holy men—(there was) the great-souled Bhaṭṭisoma, who (was) the son of Somila, the receptacle of many good qualities—his son (was) Rudrasoma, of great intellect and fame, who had the other appellation of Vyāghra. His son was Madra, who (was) exceedingly affectionate towards Brāhmaṇas religious preceptors and ascetics.
3) Observing and being alarmed that this whole world is evanescent—he acquired a mass of religious merit—and for (his own) bliss and for the welfare of (all) existing beings, having established, of stone, the five lords who were originators (ādikartṛis) in the path of the Arhats who practise restraint of mind, (he) thereupon planted (in the ground) this exceedingly beautiful and fame-contributing pillar of stone which resembles the tip of the summit of the chief of mountains.