Charchoma Inscribed Moulding

This is the exterior lower moulding of the Comeśvar Mahādev temple. The inscription is engraved mainly on one stone block, but the ends of some lines extend, just barely, to a second block. The inscribed surface is immediately to the right when facing the temple gate, and its top is about 60 cm above the temple platform. The inscription campus is slightly recessed in the main block, but this does not appear to be the case with the second, larger block. This may mean that the second block has been replaced and re-engraved, but a more likely explanation is that the engraving was carried out in a work phase separate from the carving of the recessed panel. There is, however, no indication that the inscription as a whole is a later copy.