Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c10.s3.t2.27

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To this basic information additional data of varying types and amounts may be added. The *nakṣatra* occupied by the moon is often noted in later inscriptions but also occurs as early as the second century in the Gunḍā inscription noted previously (*rohiṇī*[sic]*-nakṣatra-muhūrtte*). The weekday (*vāra* or *vāsara*) is first clearly noted⁴¹ in the Eraṇ inscription of the time of Budhagupta, [Gupta] 165 = A.D. 484 (SI I.335, l. 3) in the phrase *suraguror ddivase*, "on Thursday." In subsequent centuries the citation of the weekday becomes more or less standard. (This practice is important in that it permits the verification of dates in later inscriptions; see 5.4.3.2.)