Material: Stone / sandstone

Udaypur उदयपुर (also known as Udaipur, Madhya Pradesh) Courtesy Wikimapia.

Udayeśvara temple, east side, mukhamaṇḍapa. Courtesy Zenodo.

Inscription in the southern forehall (mukhamaṇḍapa) of the Udayeśvara temple at Udaypur, district Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh. It is engraved on the side of a sculptured balustrade (vedikā) visible to the right of the entrance passage. The record is badly weathered on the sides but contains six lines written in devanāgarī script. It refers to a jātrā, i.e. yātrā festival and pilgrimage by one Harirāja (?) on Thursday, second day of the dark lunar fortnight of Māgha in the expired Vikrama year 1394, which gives the date 8 January 1338 CE. 

Udaypur (Madhya Pradesh). Stepwell inscription in Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit.

On a stone slab affixed into the right side wall of a stepwell known as Qanungo Baoli, located on the eastern outskirts of Udaypur, Vidisha District, Madhya Pradesh. A tri-lingual inscription of 13 lines carved in relief with the first three lines written in Arabic and Persian in nastaʿlīq script, and the next ten lines written in Sanskrit in nāgarī script. It records the construction of the stepwell by Gokuladāsa and Dāmodaradāsa, sons of Qānungo Haridāsa of Māthura kāyastha family, during the reign of Mughal emperor Shāhjahān (r. 1628-58). The date is given in three different eras—vikrama saṃvat 1701, śaka 1566 and hijri 1054—equivalent to Friday, 13 January, 1645 CE.

Bodhgayā, Bihār. Coping stone of vedikā now in the Indian Museum, Kolkata. Illustration: Cunningham (1873).

Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Donative inscription mentioning some ācārya  (INBG00014) on coping stone of vedikā (OBBG00014). Edition here that of Tsukamoto (1996), illustration that of Cunningham (1873); see Concordance for bibliographic data.

Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Donative inscription of a donor from Pāṭihāra (Pratīhāra) (INBG00011) on crossbar of vedikā (OBBG00011). Edition here that of Tsukamoto (1996), see Concordance for bibliographic data.

Bodhgayā (बोधगया, often Bodh Gaya), Bihār.

Bodhgayā (बोधगया), Bihār. Donative inscription of Amogha (INBG0009) on crossbar of vedikā (OBBG0009). Edition here that of Tsukamoto (1996), see Concordance for bibliographic data.

Bodhgayā (बोधगया, often Bodh Gaya), Bihār.