Dhār (Madhya Pradesh). Inscription on the pedestal of the Ambikā in the British Museum (Courtesy: Trustees of the British Museum, no. 1909,1224.1 and ZENODO).
Inscription of Bhoja on a standing figure of Ambikā
The making of the image by a woman name Sosā, clearly written in the record, is confirmed by the female votive figure on the pedestal, the label reading sāna, apparently a variant of sosā or an abbreviation of sosā nāma.
The lady Sosā by name, whose religious intention is fixed upon the Vidyādharī Jain lineage in the city of the illustrious Bhoja—a moon among kings—who is of good discipline and is indeed an apsara distributing happiness,
She—having first installed Vāgdevī the Mother and subsequently a triad of Jinas—created this auspicious image of Ambā who is radiant in beauty and grants fruit eternal.
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Blessings! It was fashioned by Maṇathala, son of the craftsman (sūtradhāra) Sahira. It was written by the artisan (vijñānin) Śivadeva. Year CE 1034-35.