Metadata

Support
Bottom part of a memorial stone; h. 93 ×  w. 39 ×  d. 17 cm.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. 20 ×  w. 28 cm .
Date
Attributable between the 3rd and the 4th century CE on palaeographic grounds.
Origin
Nagarjunakonda.
Provenance
Nothing is known about date and location of discovery of this memorial stone. Identified at Nagarjunakonda Museum (acc. no. 518) in February 2016.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s):
  • photos JM 2017
  • photos AL 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    Previously unpublished; edited here after autopsy of the stone.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) ? mah[āsenāpa]tisa ◊ mahata[la] /// (2) °a[rijha] ? + + + + + + tāmā[ra] /// (3) tāmarasa + + + + [sa]ṁ[vacharaṁ] /// (4) gimhapa [4] + + + + + thāp[ito] ///

    (1) ? mah[āsenāpa]tisa ◊ mahata[la] ///
    (2) °a[rijha] ? + + + + + + tāmā[ra] ///
    (3) tāmarasa + + + + [sa]ṁ[vacharaṁ] ///
    (4) gimhapa [4] + + + + + thāp[ito] /// 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5132">mah<unclear>āsenāpa</unclear>tisa</w>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5134">mahata<unclear>la</unclear>
               </w>
					          <milestone unit="fragment" type="lost" subtype="right"/>
					          <lb n="2"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5136">°a<unclear>rijha</unclear>
					          </w>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <gap reason="lost" quantity="6" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5144">tāmā<unclear>ra</unclear>
               </w>
					          <milestone unit="fragment" type="lost" subtype="right"/>
					          <lb n="3"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5148">tāmarasa</w>
					          <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5155">
						            <unclear>sa</unclear>ṁ<unclear>vacharaṁ</unclear>
					          </w>
					          <milestone unit="fragment" type="lost" subtype="right"/>
					          <lb n="4"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5157">gimhapa</w>
					          <num xml:id="tok5158" value="4">
						            <unclear>4</unclear>
					          </num>
					          <gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5166">thāp<unclear>ito</unclear>
					          </w>
					          <milestone unit="fragment" type="lost" subtype="right"/>
				        </ab>

    Translation

    (...) established (...), in the 4th fortnight of summer, in the (...) year. Of the Great General, the Great Talavara Ariya (...)