Ancient Vidarbha and neighbouring regions showing find-spots of Vākāṭaka inscriptions. (Zenodo © Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Science).
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| Object ID | OB00185 |
| Title | Nachne ki Talai Slab of Vyaghradeva |
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| Inscription(s) | IN00198 IN00199 |
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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 / unspecified |
| Object Type | Stone slab |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | >55 |
| Height | >19 |
| Depth | >33 |
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| Details | A rough slab of stone. Its dimensions are not reported, but must be larger than the inscribed area, which is reported. It bears an incomplete inscription (IN00198) on one of its sides and a complete inscription (IN00199) on its face, assumed to be the top. ASIR 21 (1885): 98 assumes the former is an unfinished repetition of the latter; Fleet (1888): 233 and Mirashi (1963): 89 (following Fleet) believe the former was left incomplete because that side of the stone was found too rough, and was re-commenced on another side. |
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| Date | 1883-84 |
| Place | Nacne-kī-Talāī |
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| Place | Nacne-kī-Talāī |
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| Details | Discovered by Cunningham in 1883-84, lying on the ground outside the fort of Kuṭhārā near the village Nacne-kī-Talāī, probably around 24.399298, 80.447427. Mirashi (1963): 89 gives the location of the place as "about seven miles north-west of Jasō." ASIR 21 (1885): 95 calls the village Nachna and says it is "2 miles to the west of the town of Ganj, which is 25 miles to the south-east of Panna, and 15 miles to the south-west of Nâgodh." He adds that Kuthara, apparently the area between Ganj and Nachna, is believed to have been an ancient city and there are many remains of brick buildings in the area. The same site is described in PRAS-W (1920): 60 as being "Seven miles to the south-east of Jaso, as the crow flies." As of 2016, Google Maps shows a region named Nachne about seven miles southwest (neither northwest, nor southeast) of Jaso. The village of Ganj is a little further to the southwest of this region. The two temples described by Cunningham as being in Nachna (a Caturmukha Mahādeva and a Pārvatī temple) seem to be just outside this Ganj on the south (24.399298, 80.447427), and the former is named Nachna Kuthar ka Chaumukhnath Mandir, so the identity is quite certain. The fort may be the elevated region a little further to the south beyond a lake (perhaps the Talai in the name?). |
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