Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Inscription of pīṭhīpati ācārya Jayasena (INBG00029) on the pedestal of the sanctum image of the Mahābodhi temple (OBBG00029). Edition here that of Balogh (2020), see Concordance for bibliographic data.

Bibliographic information

Balogh, D. (2020). ‘Pīṭhīpati puzzles: custodians of the Diamond Throne’, in Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne: Finds from the Site of the Buddha’s Enlightenment, edited by S. van Schaik, G. Hidas, D. De Simone and M. Willis (London: British Museum Press, in press).

Inscription Concordance

Mitra 1878 pp. 132, 198 (n. 10), pl. XI

Indraji 1880 pp. 143-144

Cunningham 1892 pp. 64-65, n. 5

Sahai 1983 pp. 104-105, n. 127

Tsukamoto 1996 pp. 146-147, Bodh-Gayā 29

Balogh 2020