Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c9.s2.t7.70

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Most of the relatively few Indic inscriptions from Malaysia are short Sanskrit records of Buddhistic content on stone, dating from about the fourth to the eighth century, found in the northwestern corner of the country. The most notable among them is the Buddhagupta inscription of about the fifth century (Chhabra 20–6), recording a dedication by a sea captain (*mahānāvika*) from Raktamṛttikā, probably in Bengal (SI I.497 n. 3). Several Buddhist inscriptions have also been found at Kedah.¹²⁰