[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c11.t2.3 # Indian Epigraphy c11.t2.3 Indian Epigraphy c11.t2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c11.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c11.t2.3) Similarly a stone inscription¹ (1531 A. D.) of the Vijayanagara king Acyutarāya, found in the Viṣṇupāda temple at Gayā, is called his \*dharma-śāsana\* since it records how a person visited Gayā on behalf of the king and performed the \*śrāddha\* ceremony of the king's dead ancestors. Although it is called an edict for religion (i.e. religious merit), it is not a \*śāsana\* in the real sense of the term. It is so called because in the late medieval period any royal record was a \*śāsana\*. A similar stone inscription² (1521 A. D.) of king Kṛṣṇadevarāya, the predecessor and brother of Acyutarāya, recording the king's performance of a pilgrimage to Gayā through a proxy, is styled a \*vijaya-śāsana\* (a document relating to victory) although this \*vijaya\* can only be regarded as \*dharma-vijaya\*, i.e. success relating to religion or religious merit. - [Previous: c11.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c11.t2.2) - [Next: c11.t2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c11.t2.4) - [Up: c11.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c11.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c11.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c11.t2.3) · Pramāṇa