Udayagiri Cave 8 Inscription of the Time of Candragupta II

The rock surface is damaged by peeling off, but the text is largely legible.

Object Reference

Udayagiri Cave 8 Back Wall

Object URI

OB00013

Inscription URI

IN00014

Basic Metadata

Extent

110 cm width x 35 cm height

Decoration

None.

Language

Sanskrit

Script

eastern Gupta, almost identical to %IN00001

Script size

2-3

Reigning Monarch

Candragupta II

Date (min)

370

Date (max)

416

Date comments

Basis of dating: approximate reign of Candragupta II.

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<p>The inscription is on the back wall of Tawā Cave in Udayagiri, a little to the left as one enters. The cave's number is 7 according to Williams (1982) and Agrawala (1983) as well as the signboard on site in 2017, but 8 according to Willis (2009) and Wikipedia. It has no interior decoration save a lotus carved on the ceiling; the exterior has an unadorned doorway flanked by two dvārapālas.</p>
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Bibliography description

First noticed (with transliteration, translation [by Raja Shivprasad Sitar-e-Hind] and manual transcript) in #ASIR_10:51-52. Some errors pointed out in #Hultzsch_1882:312. Critically edited in #Fleet_1888. Slightly revised in #Bühler_1891:226-227. Summarised in #Trivedi_2001:19-20 (No. 4). Discussion: #Willis_2009:39-41, 216.

Inscription Concordance

1541

1/III.11

117-123

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