The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.193

v1.c18.193

(42) *Sarnath stone-inscription.*—‘It was dug out to the north of the Dhamekh Stūpa, to the south of the raised mound running east and west over the remnants of the old monasteries of the Gupta period.’ It contains 29 lines, opening with *Oṁ namo bhagavatyai ārya-Vasudhārāyai*, and an invocation of Vasudhārā (V. 1) and the Moon (V. 2). It may be divided into four parts, the first three parts contain information about the rulers of Pīṭhī, Aṅga and the Gāhaḍavālas which can be shown in tabular form as follows :²