Early Inscriptions of Āndhradeśa

Support: Drum slab; h. 124 × w. 87 × d. 18 cm.
Text: Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. 3 × w. 9 cm .
Date: According to Sarkar, this inscription is engraved on a sculptured limestone Caitya-slab from the second regnal year of Siri-Ehavalacāntamūla, approximately between 250 and 300 CE.
Origin: Nagarjunakonda.
Provenance: Discovered at Site-6. Identified at Nagarjunakonda Museum (acc. no. 610) in February 2016.
Visual Documentation: Photo(s):
Sarkar 1960, pl. XLVII

Sarkar 1968-71, pl. I

Rosen Stone, ills. 36, 124.
Editors: Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
Publication history: First described and edited by Vogel 1929–30b . Re-edited here from published documentation and after autopsy of the stone.

(1) dhamasa

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					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4029">dhamasa</w>
				        </ab>

Of Dhama (Dharma).