This stone inscription is carved onto the back wall of the veranda of the Ghaṭokaca cave at Gulwāḍā, which is a Buddhist site. The inscription, like those found at Ajaṇṭā, has been damaged by the weather, originally being 22 lines long, but now the last four lines are almost completely worn away. According to Shastri (1997: 44-45), the inscription was incised to record the excavation of the cave in which it is recorded and its donation to a Buddhist saṅgha, although the damage to the inscription over time has led to the details of the donation remaining unknown. The beginning of the inscription includes praise of the Buddha and a family history of Varāhadevā, a minister of the Vākāṭaka king, Hariṣeṇa.

Verse 1. (metre: upajāti)
<1>1munir munīnām amaro [+']marāṇā(ṃ)
gurur ggurūṇāṃ pravaro varāṇā(ṃ)_
jayaty anābhoga-vibuddha-buddhir
buddhābhidh(āno) ni(dh)ir adbhutānā(ṃ)
Verse 2. (metre: upajāti)
<2>2dharmmas tato dharmmavidā praṇītas
tathā (gaṇa)ś cāgryatamo gaṇānā(ṃ)_
bhavanti yasmin nihitā[+ḥ](?supā)tre
kārāpakārās (su)nayā (h)y (u)dārā(ḥ)
Verse 3. (metre: upajāti)
<3>3asti prakāśo diśi dakṣiṇa_syā(ṃ)
vallūra-nāmnāṃ dvija-sattamānāṃ_
ā brahmaṇas sa(ṃ)bhṛta-pu{˟va}{+ṇya-kīrttir}
{˟}{+vva}ś(o) mahīyān mahito mahadbhiḥ
Verse 4. (metre: upajāti)
<4>4tasminn abhūd āh(ita)-lakṣaṇānāṃ
dvi-janmanā(ṃ)(prā)thama-kalpikānāṃ_
bhṛgv-atri-garggā{˟}{+ṅgirasāṃ sa}māno
dvija-rṣabho (ya)jña-[patif] prakāśaḥ
Verse 5. (metre: upajāti)
<5>5tad-ātmajo deva ivāsa devax
kṛtī gṛhī(?tī) nayavān kriyāvāN_
sa-rājaka(ṃ) rāṣṭram u{˟}{+pe}tya yas(m)i(n)
(dha)rmyāx kriyā {˟}{+f pā}(r)tha iva pracakkre
Verse 6. (metre: upajāti)
<6>6somas tata(ḥ s)o(ma ivā)paro bhū(t)
sa brāhmaṇa-kṣatriya-vaṃśa-jāsu_
(śru)ti-smṛtibhyāṃ vi_hitā(rt)tha-_2_kārī
dvayī(ṣu) bhāryyāsu ma(n)o dadhāra
Verse 7. (metre: upajāti)
<7>7sa kṣatriyāyā(ṃ) kula-śīlavatyām
utpādayām āsa narendra-cihnaṃ_
sutaṃ surūpaṃ ravi-nāma-dhe_2_yaṃ_
kṛtādhi(patyaṃ)(vi)(?ṣa)ye samagre
Verse 8. (metre: upajāti)
<8>8dvijāsu cānyāsu sutān udārān
sa(masta)-vedeṣu samāpta-kāmā(N)_
vall(ū)ra-nāmā diśi dakṣiṇa_syām
adyāpi yeṣā(m vasa)ti(r) d(v)ij(ānāṃ)
Verse 9. (metre: upajāti)
<9>9raves suto bhūt pravarābhidhāna(ḥ)
(śrī-rā)ma-nāmātha babhūva tasmāT_
tad-ātmajax kīrttir abhūt sukīrttir
bbabhūva (tasmād atha hasti)(?bhojaḥ)
Verse 10. (metre: upajāti)
<10>10(vā)kāṭake rājati devasene
guṇai(f prakāśo) bhuvi (ha)stibhojaḥ_
adyāpi tasyābhi(ja)na-(?pradāna)-
[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]
Verse 11. (metre: upajāti)
<11>11dhī(re)ṣu dhīma_tsu sa(ho)tthiteṣu
kṛtya-(pra)(ṇeṣu) guṇānviteṣu
[⏓-⏑-](yaṃ) nṛpater y(y)a_d e[⏓]
[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]
Verse 12. (metre: upajāti)
<12>12yasyāsanārddha(ṃ pu)ruṣā[⏑-⏓]
[⏓-⏑]māt saṃsadi [-⏑-⏓]
[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]
[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]
Verse 13. (metre: āryā?)
<13>13atha devarāja-(nur) ha(ri)(?ṣeṇo)[#?8#] hastibhoja [...]
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Verse 14. (metre: puṣpitāgrā?)
<14>14śaśi-kara-dhavalāṃ ni(rī)kṣya kī(rttiṃ)
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Verse 15. (metre: puṣpitāgrā?)
<15>15atha guṇa-śata-saṃbhṛtātma-bhūtaḥ
priya-tana[?yo][...]
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Verse 16. (metre: vasantatilaka?)
<16>16tasyātmajeṣu bahuṣu [...]
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Verse 17. (metre: puṣpitāgrā?)
<17>17phalam akhilam ila[...]
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Verse 18. (metre: vasantatilaka?)
<18>18samyag-vibhāvita ihāsti varāha[devaḥ]
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Verse 1. (metre: upajāti)
<1>1munir munīnām amaro [+']marāṇā(ṃ)
gurur ggurūṇāṃ pravaro varāṇā(ṃ)_
jayaty anābhoga-vibuddha-buddhir
buddhābhidh(āno) ni(dh)ir adbhutānā(ṃ)
Verse 2. (metre: upajāti)
<2>2dharmmas tato dharmmavidā praṇītas
tathā (gaṇa)ś cāgryatamo gaṇānā(ṃ)_
bhavanti yasmin nihitā[+ḥ](?supā)tre
kārāpakārās (su)nayā (h)y (u)dārā(ḥ)
Verse 3. (metre: upajāti)
<3>3asti prakāśo diśi dakṣiṇa_syā(ṃ)
vallūra-nāmnāṃ dvija-sattamānāṃ_
ā brahmaṇas sa(ṃ)bhṛta-pu{˟va}{+ṇya-kīrttir}
{˟}{+vva}ś(o) mahīyān mahito mahadbhiḥ
Verse 4. (metre: upajāti)
<4>4tasminn abhūd āh(ita)-lakṣaṇānāṃ
dvi-janmanā(ṃ)(prā)thama-kalpikānāṃ_
bhṛgv-atri-garggā{˟}{+ṅgirasāṃ sa}māno
dvija-rṣabho (ya)jña-[patif] prakāśaḥ
Verse 5. (metre: upajāti)
<5>5tad-ātmajo deva ivāsa devax
kṛtī gṛhī(?tī) nayavān kriyāvāN_
sa-rājaka(ṃ) rāṣṭram u{˟}{+pe}tya yas(m)i(n)
(dha)rmyāx kriyā {˟}{+f pā}(r)tha iva pracakkre
Verse 6. (metre: upajāti)
<6>6somas tata(ḥ s)o(ma ivā)paro bhū(t)
sa brāhmaṇa-kṣatriya-vaṃśa-jāsu_
(śru)ti-smṛtibhyāṃ vi_hitā(rt)tha-_2_kārī
dvayī(ṣu) bhāryyāsu ma(n)o dadhāra
Verse 7. (metre: upajāti)
<7>7sa kṣatriyāyā(ṃ) kula-śīlavatyām
utpādayām āsa narendra-cihnaṃ_
sutaṃ surūpaṃ ravi-nāma-dhe_2_yaṃ_
kṛtādhi(patyaṃ)(vi)(?ṣa)ye samagre
Verse 8. (metre: upajāti)
<8>8dvijāsu cānyāsu sutān udārān
sa(masta)-vedeṣu samāpta-kāmā(N)_
vall(ū)ra-nāmā diśi dakṣiṇa_syām
adyāpi yeṣā(m vasa)ti(r) d(v)ij(ānāṃ)
Verse 9. (metre: upajāti)
<9>9raves suto bhūt pravarābhidhāna(ḥ)
(śrī-rā)ma-nāmātha babhūva tasmāT_
tad-ātmajax kīrttir abhūt sukīrttir
bbabhūva (tasmād atha hasti)(?bhojaḥ)
Verse 10. (metre: upajāti)
<10>10(vā)kāṭake rājati devasene
guṇai(f prakāśo) bhuvi (ha)stibhojaḥ_
adyāpi tasyābhi(ja)na-(?pradāna)-
[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]
Verse 11. (metre: upajāti)
<11>11dhī(re)ṣu dhīma_tsu sa(ho)tthiteṣu
kṛtya-(pra)(ṇeṣu) guṇānviteṣu
[⏓-⏑-](yaṃ) nṛpater y(y)a_d e[⏓]
[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]
Verse 12. (metre: upajāti)
<12>12yasyāsanārddha(ṃ pu)ruṣā[⏑-⏓]
[⏓-⏑]māt saṃsadi [-⏑-⏓]
[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]
[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]
Verse 13. (metre: āryā?)
<13>13atha devarāja-(nur) ha(ri)(?ṣeṇo)[#?8#] hastibhoja [...]
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Verse 14. (metre: puṣpitāgrā?)
<14>14śaśi-kara-dhavalāṃ ni(rī)kṣya kī(rttiṃ)
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Verse 15. (metre: puṣpitāgrā?)
<15>15atha guṇa-śata-saṃbhṛtātma-bhūtaḥ
priya-tana[?yo][...]
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Verse 16. (metre: vasantatilaka?)
<16>16tasyātmajeṣu bahuṣu [...]
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Verse 17. (metre: puṣpitāgrā?)
<17>17phalam akhilam ila[...]
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Verse 18. (metre: vasantatilaka?)
<18>18samyag-vibhāvita ihāsti varāha[devaḥ]
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