OB00002 Eran Stone of Samudragupta
Eran, Madhya Pradesh. Satellite view (Wikimapia).
Eran, Madhya Pradesh. Ruins of the site in the late 19th century. (© British Library)
No image of the inscribed slab has been traced (11/2019) but sculptures datable to the 4th century have been found on the site.
Eran Stone Inscription of Samudragupta
Eran Inscription of Samudragupta
Allāhābād Pillar
Allāhābād الله آباد (Uttar Pradesh). Central area of city, showing location of pillar (© Survey of India).
Allāhābād (इलाहाबाद, Uttar Pradesh). General view of the fort.
Allāhābād Fort (इलाहाबाद किला). Monolithic pillar with Samudragupta’s praśasti, two inscriptions by Aśoka as well as subsequent inscriptions, some of which are written between and over the lines of Samudragupta’s inscription. Courtesy Zenodo.
Chanderi Stone Slab of ‘Alā’ al-Dīn Khaljī
Chanderi Inscription of ‘Ala’ al-Din Khalji
Chanderi Stone of ‘Alā’ al-Dīn Khaljī, recording the completion of a mosque in Chanderi during the governorship of Amīr al-Umarā’, Ikhtiyār al-Dawla wa al-Dīn Tamur Sulṭānī by Ismā‘īl, son of ‘Abd al-Salām, entitled Wajīh-i Najīb, the muḥarrir of the district (khiṭṭa) of Kol (Aligarh) during the reign of ‘Alā’ al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn Abu al-Muẓaffar Muḥammad Shāh (i.e. ‘Alā’ al-Dīn Khaljī, popularly known as Alauddin Khalji, d. 1316 AD).
Talagunda (ತಲಾಗುಂಡ) Pillar with Inscription of Santivarman
Tāḷagunda (ತಲಾಗುಂಡ) Pillar with Inscription of Śāntivarman
Manukuwar Buddha Image Inscription of the Time of Kumaragupta
The inscription is on the pedestal, one line along the top edge, another along the bottom edge. The height given here is for the two lines combined; the top line is about 2 cm tall, the bottom is 2.5 cm tall.
Malavalli Inscription of a Kadamba King
Malavalli Inscription of a Kadamba King
Talagunda Pillar Inscription of Santivarman
This record is inscribed vertically on the faces of a pillar at Tāḷagunda.
OB00091 Gwalior Stone of Mihirakula
Gwalior (ग्वालियर). Stone of Mihirakula.
A stone slab with the left edge damaged. Part of its bottom side has also been cut away and lost after it was found but before it was delivered to the Indian Museum, Kolkata, possibly to adjust its size for fixing in some other building.