Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c9.s2.t7.58

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The kingdom of Campā in modern Vietnam has yielded several dozen Sanskrit or bilingual Sanskrit and Cham inscriptions dating from approximately the third (Võ-cạnh; see next paragraph) to the early fourteenth century. Most of these inscriptions are on stelae, but some are on stone or metal (e.g., C 145¹¹⁶ = Majumdar no. 130, on a silver jug). Most are dated in the Śaka era. They are generally in verse or mixed verse and poetic prose (Bergaigne, 183), though some early records are primarily or exclusively in prose. The great majority record royal dedications or donations to temples and monasteries, especially Śaivite but also sometimes Vaiṣṇava (e.g., C 1 and 136 = Majumdar nos. 121 and 11) and Buddhist (C 66 and 138 = Majumdar nos. 31 and 37).