Indian Epigraphy c17.16

c17.16

Chakladar’s erroneous views regarding the Kapileśvara epigraph being a genuine copy of the Rummindei inscription inspired uncritical writers to claim Orissa as the birth place of the Buddha. Some Oriyas believe that the Buddha was born at the headquarters of the former State of Baudh in Orissa while others speak of Baudapura in the Cuttack District. In a note in the Pravāsī (Bengali), Śrāvaṇa, B. S. 1335, pp. 626-27 Chakladar criticised such theories, but still regarded the Kapileśvara inscription as genuine and expressed his intention to publish the epigraph in English. But he does not appear to have done so probably because his friends in the field of Aśokan studies succeeded later in convincing him about the spurious nature of the record.