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.
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| Object ID | OB00002 |
| Title | Eran Stone of Samudragupta |
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| Inscription(s) | IN00002 |
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| Metadata recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Metadata improved by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / sandstone |
| Object Type | Pillar |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 24 |
| Height | 94 |
| Depth | 24 |
| Weight | |
| Details | A squared red sandstone block, probably a fragment of a column with a square cross-section. Originally it was probably an architectural element, possibly (Cunningham, cited by Bhandarkar 1981: 221) of the temple of the colossal Viṣṇu. |
| History | |
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| Date | |
| Place | Eran |
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| Latest: | |
| Date | 1983 |
| Place | Indian Museum, Kolkata |
| Authority | Agrawala, P. K. (1983). Imperial Gupta Epigraphs (गुप्ताधिराजलेखमण्डल). Ancient Indian Epigraphical Sources (प्रत्नाभिलेखसंहिता) X.1. Varanasi, Books Asia. |
| Details | Discovered by Cunningham between 1874 and 1877. Found in Eraṇ, a short distance to the west of the Varāha complex. |
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