Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c12.s2.t1.2

c12.s2.t1.2

Another *kavi* who is frequently cited in inscriptions is Bāṇa. The *maṅgala-śloka* of his *Harṣa-carita*, *namas tuṅgaśiraścumbicandracāmara-cārave* . . . is quoted in many Western Cālukya and Vijayanagara inscriptions, while his prose (along with that of Subandhu, author of the *Vāsavadattā*) serves as the model Diskalkar, JIH 37, 326), the *praśastis* are closely modeled on the *mahākāvya* style. But some earlier specimens partake of other genres as well; thus the Allahabad pillar inscription in mixed verse and prose reflects the *campū* style, and this and other prose inscriptions such as Mahākūṭa also show the characteristics of the prose *kāvya* style of the *ākhyāyikās* (*Indian Inscriptions*, 173).