Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c9.s2.t4.4
Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c9.s2.t4.4
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One of the most important of the early Śuṅga inscriptions is the Besnagar pillar inscription (Appendix, no. 2), recording the erection of a *garuḍa-dhvaja* by one *Heliodora* (i.e., Hēliodōros), who was the Greek ambassador (*yonadūta*) from King Aṃtalikita (i.e., Antialkidas) to King Kāśīputra Bhāgabhadra, presumably a Śuṅga ruler.