| Metadata | |
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| Inscription ID | IN00071 |
| Title | Sarnath Inscription of Prakataditya |
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| Parent Object | OB00064 |
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| Responsibility | |
| Author | Dániel Balogh |
| Print edition recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Digitally edited by | |
| Edition improved by | Dániel Balogh |
| Authority for | Own research. |
| Metadata recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Language | संस्कृतम् |
| Reigning monarch | ?Prakaṭāditya |
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| Date: | |
| Min | 601 |
| Max | 750 |
| Comment | Basis of dating: palaeography. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 1.6 |
| Description | northern class, probably of the late 7th century, very similar to the Aphsad inscription of Ādityasena, but with some kuṭila features |
| Layout | |
| Campus: | |
| Width | 62 |
| Height | 46 |
| Description | The inscription of 16 lines covers the entire extant surface. The (viewer's) right-hand side, and perhaps a thinner slice of the left-hand side as well, have been cut away, resulting in the destruction of at least 18 characters per line. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First noticed and edited (with plate) in Fleet 1888. |
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