The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.101

v1.c16.101

(3) *Ghosrawa stone inscription.*—The stone was discovered 7 miles south of the town of Bihar in the village of Ghosrawa in 1848. It has 19 lines of Sanskrit verse, and records the establishment of a *Vajrāsana* by a Buddhist monk, Vīradeva. The inscription opens with verses in praise of *Vajrāsana* (Buddha), and then gives an account of Vīradeva. In Nagarahāra (near mod. Jalalabad), the ornament of the countries of *Uttarāpatha*, there was born *Rājasakha-dvijavara* Indragupta, who married Rajjekā. Their son Vīradeva after reading the Vedas and having finished other studies (*Śāstras*) went to *Kaniṣka-mahā-vihāra* (near modern Peshawar), and became a disciple of *ācārya* Sarvajñaśānti. After some time Vīradeva came to Mahābodhi in order to worship Vajrāsana. From that place he went to Yaśovarmapura² to see *sahadeśī-bhikṣus*. There he remained for a long time and received worship from the *bhuvanādhipa*-Devapāla, and later on was appointed as the director of the Nālandā (modern Baragaon) monastery. He there built a *bhavana* as high as Kailāsa peak for *Vajrāsana*.³