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Inscription ID IN00076
Title Gangdhar Inscription of Mayuraksaka
Alternative titles Gangdhar Inscription of Visvavarman
Parent Object OB00069
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Language संस्कृतम्
Reigning monarch Viśvavarman
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Date:
Min 423
Max 431
Comment Intrinsic Date: 488 (possibly 480) expired, kārttika śukla 13 (era: Kṛta). Basis of dating: intrinsic, line 19-20.
Hand
Letter size 1.2-1.5
Description southern class, Western Malwa alphabet
Layout
Campus:
Width 62
Height 112
Description Campus dimensions from Fleet 1888: 72, who erroneously says the larger figure is the breadth. The inscription consists of 41 lines, spaced 3-4 cm below one another. The left edge and the top left and right corners of the inscribed area are chipped off.
Decoration None.
Bibliography
References First edited in Fleet 1888. Correction proposed in Bhide 1921 and partially refuted in Sastri 1921. Summarised in Trivedi 2001: 27 (No. 14). Some aspects discussed in Willis 2009: 32, 178-180. For interpretation of the aspect about mātṛs, see Basham 1984.
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