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Object ID OB00064
Title Sarnath Stone of Prakataditya
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Inscription(s) IN00071
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Description
Material Stone / sandstone
Object Type Stone slab
Dimensions:
Width 62
Height 46
Depth
Weight
Details A stone slab that has been re-cut, leaving the top and bottom intact, but removing the (viewer's) right-hand side and possibly part of the left-hand side as well. There are also two round holes drilled into the surface at about half-height and 1/4 and 3/4 of the width.
History
Created:
Date
Place Sārnāth
Other ancient history
Found:
Date perhaps in 1861-62
Place Sārnāth
Other modern history
Latest:
Date 1983
Place Indian Museum
Authority Agrawala, P. K. (1983). Imperial Gupta Epigraphs (गुप्ताधिराजलेखमण्डल). Ancient Indian Epigraphical Sources (प्रत्नाभिलेखसंहिता) X.1. Varanasi, Books Asia.
Details Discovered by Cunningham in Sarnath, perhaps in 1861-62, but apparently not reported anywhere before Fleet 1888. Circumstances of discovery unknown.
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