Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c9.s2.t4.9

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Among the recent discoveries in northern India from this period is the Reh stone *liṅga* inscription, attributed by G. R. Sharma (*The Reh Inscription of Menander*) to the Indo-Greek king Menander, though as shown by B. N. Mukherjee (JAIH 12, 1978–79, 150–5) this attribution is unjustified. Also worthy of note is the Pratāpgaṛh stone pillar inscription (EI 39, 79–80) recording the erection of the pillar by a *bhāgavata* Utararakhita (Uttararakṣita). Excavations at Pauni have yielded a few dozen Buddhist donative and label inscriptions similar to those from Sāñcī and Bhārhut (S. B. Deo and J. P. Joshi, *Pauni Excavation*). Other recent finds include an umbrella shaft inscription from Pāṅgurāriā (EI 40, 119–20) and the Sūryamitra stone inscription in the National Museum, Delhi (EI 40, 165–7).