Nalanda Seal Inscription of a Son of Avantivarman

Object Reference

Nalanda Clay Seal of a Son of Avantivarman

Object URI

OB00137

Inscription URI

IN00150

Basic Metadata

Decoration

None.

Language

Sanskrit

Script

northern class, late Gupta

Date (min)

600

Date (max)

624

Date comments

Basis of dating: conjecture.

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Eight extant lines; the end of each and the beginning of the first two are lost as well as one or more full lines at the beginning.
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northern class, late Gupta
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Bibliography description

First reported and edited in #Ghosh_1937-38 (B).

Inscription Concordance

Sircar_1965

2/II.2

Thaplyal_1985

I.B.8

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