| Metadata | |
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| Object ID | OB00064 |
| Title | Sarnath Stone of Prakataditya |
| Subtitle | |
| Inscription(s) | IN00071 |
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| Author | |
| Metadata recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Metadata improved by | Dániel Balogh |
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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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