- Support
- Fragment h. 17.5 × w. 21 × d. 5 cm.
- Text
- Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. unavailable × w. unavailable cm .
- Date
- Attributable to the Ikṣvāku dynasty, between the 3rd century and 4th century CE on palaeographic grounds.
- Origin
- Phanigiri.
- Provenance
- Discovered in the course of excavations conducted by the State Department of Archaeology and Museums over several seasons from 2001 to 2007. The precise date of discovery is unknown. Identified at Telangana State Museum (acc. no. 2005-401) in January 2016.
- Visual Documentation
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Photo(s):
- no image published
- Editors
- Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
- Publication history
- First described and edited by Subrahmanyam et al. 2008c: 37 (9) . Re-edited here from published documentation and after autopsy of the stone.
(1)
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(2)
pavajitena
◊
vaddhamāna◊nagarajāta[sa]
…
(3)
navakaṁmikena
◊
budhisirācari[ye]
///
(na)
(1) + + + + + ? ? …
(2) pavajitena ◊ vaddhamāna◊nagarajāta[sa] …
(3) navakaṁmikena ◊ budhisirācari[ye] /// (na)
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</ab>
(...) By the renunciant (...) originating from the city of
Vardhamāna, the navakarmika Budhisiri, the ācārya.