Metadata

Support
slab in sandstone; h. 54 ×  w. 24 ×  d. 8 cm.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. 7 ×  w. 8.5 cm .
Date
Attributable to the Ikṣvāku period on palaeographic grounds.
Origin
Nagarjunakonda.
Provenance
Nothing is known about the date and location of discovery of this slab. Inscription noticed at Nagarjunakonda Museum (P16/960) in February 2016.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s):
  • photos AL 2017
  • photos JM 2017
    • Editors
    Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
    Publication history
    Previously unpublished; edited here after autopsy of the stone.

    Edition

    (1) °ayaka[to]

    (1) °ayaka[to] 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4603">°ayaka<unclear>to</unclear>
               </w>
				        </ab>

    Apparatus

    • (1) ayaka[to] The last akṣara is somewhat carelessly written.

    Translation

    Ayakato