| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| Object ID | OB00039 |
| Title | Varanasi Stone Pillar of the Time of Budhagupta |
| Subtitle | |
| Inscription(s) | IN00043 |
| Child Object | |
| Parent Object | |
| Related Objects | |
| Responsibility | |
| Author | |
| Metadata recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
| Authority for metadata | |
| Metadata improved by | Dániel Balogh |
| Authoriy for improved | |
| Description | |
| Material | Stone / sandstone |
| Object Type | Pillar |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | ~30 |
| Height | 131 |
| Depth | ~30 |
| Weight | |
| Details | Chunar stone. The base of the pillar is rectangular to a height of 72 cm, with four niches containing images which may be avatāras of Viṣṇu (see Banerji 1945: 6 for descriptions). The next section, 14 cm high, is octagonal, and the next, 12 cm high, is sixteen-sided. The next 14 cm is circular and seems to be a pūrṇaghaṭa, described as a "base with foliage" in Banerji 1945: 5. The next and last section is 19 cm tall and is square and plain. No width/diameter data available; from the photo, the width seems to be a bit over 30 cm, which fits in with the size of the inscription. The niche above the inscription has a two-handed image holding a club and a discus. |
| History | |
| Created: | |
| Date | |
| Place | Vārāṇasī |
| Other ancient history | |
| Found: | |
| Date | |
| Place | |
| Other modern history | |
| Latest: | |
| Date | 1983 |
| Place | Bharat Kala Bhavan, BHU |
| Authority | Agrawala, P. K. (1983). Imperial Gupta Epigraphs (गुप्ताधिराजलेखमण्डल). Ancient Indian Epigraphical Sources (प्रत्नाभिलेखसंहिता) X.1. Varanasi, Books Asia. |
| Details | Discovered in 1940-41 at Rājghāṭ, Vārāṇasī. |
| Notes | |