Eran, Madhya Pradesh.

The Eran boar, under the neck of which the Toramana inscription can be found (area indicated in red). Location of the Eran boar inscription of Toramana.jpg

Inscription of Toramāṇa located on the neck of the boar sculpture.

Bibliographic information

First noticed (with eye copy, transliteration and translation) in Prinsep 1838c: 631-633. Reading and translation revised in Hall 1861b: 20-22. Re-edited in Fleet 1888. Discussion in Diskalkar 1926: 180-182. Summarised in Trivedi 2001: 22-23 (No. 9.)  The Varāha sculpture and its surroundings are described in ASIR 10: 82-83. The boar itself is discussed at length in Becker 2010.

Inscription Concordance

Prinsep (1838c) 631-633

Hall (1861b) 20-22

ASIR 10 (1880) 82-83

Fleet (1888) 158-161, no. 36

Diskalkar (1926) 180-182

Bhandarkar (1929) 263, no. 1877

Sircar (1965) (vol. 1) 420-422, bk. III, no. 55

Goyal (1993) 357

Trivedi (2001) 22-23, no. 9

Becker (2010) 123-149