Stone stele found in front of the Western gate of the Bṛṅgāreśvara Temple, in the village of Sonāguṭhī, south of Pātan. The stele is now inside the gates of the temple. Saṃvat 65.
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| Object ID | OB02065 |
| Title | Brngaresvara Stele |
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| Inscription(s) | IN02068 |
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| Author | Gnoli |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / sandstone |
| Object Type | Stele |
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| Details | The stone is much eroded and the inscription is now illegible. |
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| Date | 641 |
| Place | Sonāguṭhī |
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| Date | First documented in 1956 by Gnoli, Raniero (Nepalese Inscriptions in Gupta Characters. Roma: Is. M. E. O.; pp. 83-84). |
| Place | Sonāguṭhī |
| Other modern history | The temple was renovated after the 2015 earthquake and the stele was moved inside the gates of the temple. |
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| Date | 2018 |
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| Notes | Gnoli, Raniero. Nepalese Inscriptions in Gupta Characters. 1956. Roma: Is. M. E. O.; pp. 83-84; Vajrācārya, Dhanavajra. Licchavikālakā abhilekha. 1973. Kathmandu: Nepāla ra Eśiyālī Adhyayana Saṃsthāna, Tribhuvana Viśvavidyālaya, pp. 448-451; Regmi, Dilli Raman. Inscriptions of Ancient Nepal. 1983. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications; vol. 1. pp. 108-109; vol. 2. pp. 66-67. |