Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c14.s5.1
Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c14.s5.1
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| Location | On a stone pillar at Kahāuṃ, Gorakhpur Dist., UP |
| Script | Eastern Brāhmī of the Gupta period |
| Language | Sanskrit (verse) |
| Meter | *Sragdharā* (vv. 1–3) |
| Type and format | Dedicatory stone pillar inscription |
| Purpose | Records the erection by Madra, son of Rudrasoma, of the pillar with five images of Jaina saints |
| Date | Gupta year 141, month of Jyeṣṭha (day not specified) = a.d. 460 |
| References | J. F. Fleet, CII 3, 65–8; D. R. Bhandarkar, CII 3 (rev. ed.), 305–8; D. C. Sircar, SI I.316–7. |