Object type: Stele

Inscription carved on a stone stele found inside the water-conduit of Yengā Hiṭi, Lagan tole, Kathmandu. Saṃvat 67.

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.

Inscription carved on a stone stele that stood 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.

Stone stele found in Yengā hiṭi, Lagan tole, Kathmandu. Saṃvat 64.

Inscription incised on a stone stele found in Yengā hiṭi, Lagan tole, Kathmandu. Saṃvat 64.

Inscription carved on a slab of stone found in the quadrangle of a water conduit in Cyāsalṭole, Pāṭan. Saṃvat 515.

Bodhgayā (बोधगया Bihār). Chinese inscription of Huaiwen dated in the second year of 明道 Míngdào (CE 1033) of the Song emperor 真宗 Zhēnzōng. Edition here that of Chavannes (1896), see Concordance for bibliographic data. Working edition (02/2021).

[top portion]:

1. 大宋皇帝
2. 皇太后為
3. 太宗皇帝
4. 建塔壹座

[main text: 1.] 大宋

[2.] 聖文睿武仁明孝德皇帝.

[3.] 應元宗德仁壽慈聖皇太后.謹遣僧懷問.詣摩伽陀

[4.] 國奉為資薦

[5.] 太宗至仁應道神功聖德文武睿烈大明廣孝皇帝.

[6.] 於金剛座側.建塔一座.

[7.] 太宗皇帝伏願.高步 天宮.親承

[8.] 佛記書證. 真仙之位常居.

[9.] 釋梵之尊誕錫. 威靈永隆

[10.] 基業時明道二年.歲次癸酉.正月十九日記. 丙 日予

Bodhgayā (बोधगया, often Bodh Gaya, Bihār).

Stone stele with Chinese inscription dated in the second year of 明道 Míngdào (CE 1033) of the Song emperor 真宗 Zhēnzōng.