Memorial stone inscription discovered during cleaning undertaken by the Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Maharashtra Government in the early 1980s. The inscription is carved onto stones fixed on the inside wall of the mandapa of the Kevala-Narasiṃha temple at Ramtek. The inscription records a pious action of an unidentified daughter of Prabhāvatī Guptā, during the reign of her brother Pravarasena II. However the inscription is damaged and a clear reading is not possible at this point in time.

Bibliographic information

First reported in IAR 1982-83: 137 (No. 41). First edited and discussed in Jamkhedkar 1987a and Jamkhedkar 1987b. Discussed in Shastri 1987: 68-71 (independently of Jamkhedkar’s edition) and Shastri 1997: 125-132. Jamkhedkar’s edition republished with corrections in Jamkhedkar 1992. Re-edited and discussed in Bakker Isaacson 1993; this edition republished in Bakker 1997: 163-167, revised in Bakker 2010b and revised again in Bakker forthcoming in Selected Essays volume.

Inscription Concordance

IAR (1982-83) 137, no. 41

Jamkhedkar (1987a) 335-341

Jamkhedkar (1987b) 217-223

Shastri (1987) 68-71

Jamkhedkar (1992) 155-164

Bakker Isaacson (1993) 46-74

Bakker (1997) 163-167

Shastri (1997) 125-132

Bakker (2010b) 241-247