Indian Epigraphy c14.s6.4

c14.s6.4

The earliest inscription discovered in Campā is the Vocañh epigraph of a king of the Śrīmāra family who flourished in the 4th or 5th century A. D.² The Mi-son and Cho Dinh inscriptions of king Bhadravarman, who flourished in the 5th or 6th century A. D., are written in the box-headed alphabet.³ The Śaka era began to appear in the records of this area about the second half of the 6th century A.D.⁴