First reported in Ravenshaw 1839. Published (with reading and eye copy) in Mitra 1866. Discussed (with new eye copy) in ASIR 01: 37-38. Edited in Fleet 1888. Corrections proposed in Majumdar 1943-44. Discussed in Goyal 1980. Majumdar and Altekar ascribe this inscription to a certain successor of Pūrugupta (Majumdar Altekar 1954: 442, no. 42). See also Ḳuraishī 1931: 56-57 and ARIE 1960-61: no. 195, App. B.
Ravenshaw (1839)
347-355
Ravenshaw, E. L. (1839). Notice of Inscriptions in Behar, communicated by Mr. Ravenshaw, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 8, pp. 347-355.
Mitra (1866)
267-278
Mitra, Rájendralála. (1866). Notes on Gupta Inscriptions from Aphsar and Behar, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 35, pp. 267-278.
ASIR 01 (1871)
37-38
Cunningham, Alexander. (1871). Four Reports made during the years 1862-63-64-65, Volume I (Archaeological Survey of India Reports 1). Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing.
Fleet (1888)
47-52, no. 12
Fleet, J. F. (1888). Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings and Their Successors. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing.
Bhandarkar (1929)
213, no. 1548
Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna. (1929). A List of the Inscriptions of Northern India in Brahmi and its derivative Scripts, from about 200 A. C. (Appendix to Epigraphia Indica volumes XIX to XXIII). Calcutta: University of Calcutta.
Majumdar (1943-44)
170-173
Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra. (1943-44). Bihar Stone Pillar Inscription of Skandagupta, Indian Culture, 10, pp. 170-173.
Ḳuraishī (1931)
56-57
Ḳuraishī, Muḥammad Ḥamīd. (1931). List of Ancient Monuments Protected under Act VII of 1904 in the Province of Bihar and Orissa (Archaeological Survey of India, New Imperial Series, 51). Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch.
Majumdar Altekar (1954)
442, no. 42
Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra, and Altekar, Anant Sadashiv. (eds.) (1954). The Vākāṭaka-Gupta Age (Circa 200-550 A. D.). Banaras: Motilal Banarsi Dass.
ARIE (1960-61)
no. 195, App. B
Narasimhaswamy, H. K. (ed.) (1964). Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy for 1960-61. Delhi: Manager of Publications.
Sircar (1965)
(vol. 1) 325-328, bk. III, no. 30
Sircar, Dines Chandra. (1965). Select Inscriptions Bearing on Indian History and Civilization. Volume I: From the Sixth Century B.C. to the Sixth Century A.D. (Second Edition). Calcutta: University of Calcutta.
Goyal (1980)
49-53
Goyal, Shri Ram. (1980). Bihar Stone Pillar Inscriptions of the Imperial Guptas, Journal of the Epigraphical Society of India, 7, pp. 49-53.
Bhandarkar (1981)
345-350, no. 41
Fleet, J. F., and Bhandarkar, D. R. (1981). Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings (Revised Edition). Edited by Bahadur Chand Chhabra and Govind Swamirao Gai. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India.
Agrawala (1983)
no. 38
Agrawala, Prithvi Kumar. (1983). Imperial Gupta Epigraphs (गुप्ताधिराजलेखमण्डल). Ancient Indian Epigraphical Sources (प्रत्नाभिलेखसंहिता) X.1. Varanasi: Books Asia.
Goyal (1993)
204-208
Goyal, Shri Ram. (1993). गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan.
