Indian Palaeography c15.s3.t1.3

c15.s3.t1.3

(i) Pl. XI. 1 is taken from the Susunia rock inscription of Chandravarman, the palaeography of which has been fully described in the last chapter.¹ It is well executed on stone. The medial vowels, such as *e* and *i*, already show ornamental bending. King Chandravarman is generally identified with his namesake defeated by Samudra Gupta. If this is accepted, the inscription may be taken as the basis for palaeographical study in Bengal. As this inscription has a definite stylistic relation to the next group in Bengal, on palaeographical grounds it may be reasonably placed in the fourth century A.D.