| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| Inscription ID | IN00051 |
| Title | Nalanda Seal Legend 1 of Narasimhagupta |
| Alternative titles | |
| Parent Object | OB00046 |
| Related Inscriptions | IN00052 |
| Responsibility | |
| Author | Dániel Balogh |
| Print edition recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
| Source encoded | |
| Digitally edited by | |
| Edition improved by | Dániel Balogh |
| Authority for | Own research. |
| Metadata recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Metadata improved by | |
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| Language | संस्कृतम् |
| Reigning monarch | Narasiṃhagupta |
| Commissioner | |
| Topic | |
| Date: | |
| Min | 465 |
| Max | 480 |
| Comment | Basis of dating: approximate reign of Narasiṃhagupta. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | |
| Description | The characters are neater than those of IN00052. |
| Layout | |
| Campus: | |
| Width | 5 |
| Height | 4 |
| Description | The beginning of each line is lost, and the first and last lines are damaged. Campus size estimated from photo. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | Briefly noticed in Sastri 1931-32: 77 (postscript). Edited (with plate) in Sastri 1942: 65. Discussed in Sircar 1943b: 273. |
| Add to bibliography | Nisar Ahmad in Journal of the Numismatic Society of India (Varanasi), 33/2, pp. 58ff. |
| Misc notes | IN00052 has identical text. Bhandarkar 1981: 355-356 describes how the Nalanda seals were originally raw clay (one is pierced, with traces of string running through it), and were probably baked accidentally in a monastery fire. |