Metadata

Support
Stone fragment; dimensions unknown.
Text
Middle-Indo Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. 1 line. Inscribed area (estimated from estampage): h. 5 ×  w. 17 cm.
Date
Undated. Attributable to the period 250-350 CE on palaeographic grounds.
Origin
Uncertain; findspot perhaps indicative of reuse.
Provenance
Discovered inside the main Stūpa at Nagarjunakonda, Site 9, during the 1959-60 season. Not identified during fieldwork from February 2016 onward.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s) of estampage(s):
  • ASI 1959-60/B.92 (reproduced by Sircar)
    • Editors
    Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
    Publication history
    First edited by Sircar 1963-64a: 19-20 (7.B.III) . Re-edited here from our photos of the ASI estampage.

    Edition

    (1) sidhaṁ kumarasa vira°ar[ibha] …

    (1) sidhaṁ kumarasa vira°ar[ibha] … 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok2154">sidhaṁ</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok2155">kumarasa</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok2156">vira°ar<unclear>ibha</unclear>
               </w>
					          <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown"/>
				        </ab>

    Translation

    Success! Of the prince Vīra-Aribha° (...)

    Secondary bibliography