[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c17.s7.2 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s7.2 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s7.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c17.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s7.2) One of the earliest \*chāyā-stambhas\* in the country is the one from Andhau, Dt Kutch, which is the memorial of a Kṣatrapa king of the 1st century A.D. Amongst the other examples mention may be made of those from Salad and Mulwasar, also in Gujarat, but the word used for \*chāyā-stambhas\* in these Kṣatrapa inscriptions is \*sita-laṣṭi\*, \*silāyaṣṭi\* or only \*yaṣṭi\*. C. India appears to have been an intermediary in the dispersal of the \*chāyā-stambha\* tradition from Gujarat to s. India as is attested to by the discovery of a memorial pillar at PAUNI, Dt Bhandara, datable to the 2nd century. - [Previous: v1.c17.s7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s7.1) - [Next: v1.c17.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s7.3) - [Up: v1.c17.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Pauni](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.pauni) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s7.2) · Pramāṇa