First edited (with plate) in Jain 1977. Reported as a new discovery in IAR 1978-79: 82 (number 38). Re-edited in Agrawala 1983. Also reported in Ramesh 1985: 9-10. The inscription provides a date for Harivarman, the first recorded king of the Maukhari dynasty according to the Asīrgarh seal, see M. Willis, “Later Gupta History: Inscriptions, Coins and Historical Ideology,” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland 15, no. 2 (2005): 142.
Jain (1977)
62-66
Jain, Balchandra. (1977). Shankarpur Plate of Budhagupta and Harivarman, Journal of the Epigraphical Society of India, 4, pp. 62-66.
IAR (1978-79)
82, no. 38
Thapar, B. K. (ed.) (1981). Indian Archaeology 1978-79, A Review. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India.
Agrawala (1983)
no. 55
Agrawala, Prithvi Kumar. (1983). Imperial Gupta Epigraphs (गुप्ताधिराजलेखमण्डल). Ancient Indian Epigraphical Sources (प्रत्नाभिलेखसंहिता) X.1. Varanasi: Books Asia.
Ramesh (1985)
9-10
Ramesh, K. V. (1985). Recent Discoveries and Research Methods in the Field of South Asian Epigraphy. In: Indus Valley to Mekong Delta. Explorations in Epigraphy. Edited by Noboru Karashima. Madras: New Era Publications.
Thaplyal (1985)
I.B.Appendix
Thaplyal, Kiran Kumar. (1985). Inscriptions of the Maukharīs, Later Guptas, Puṣpabhūtis and Yaśovarman of Kanauj. New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research.
Goyal (1993)
292-295
Goyal, Shri Ram. (1993). गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan.
