Sanchi inscription of Chandragupta II explained

Sanchi inscription of Chandragupta II
Material:	Stone
Created:	circa 375–415 CE
Location:	Sanchi, Raisen, India

The Sanchi inscription of Chandragupta II is an epigraphic record documenting a donation to the Buddhist establishment at Sanchi in the reign of king Chandragupta II (circa CE 375–415). It is dated year 93 in the Gupta era.

Location

Sanchi is located in Raisen District, Madhya Pradesh, India. The inscription is in situ on railing of the main stūpa, to the immediate left of the eastern gate.

Publication

After early notices in the time of James Prinsep, the inscription was published by John Faithfull Fleet in 1888.^[1] For later editions and translations, see The South Asia Inscriptions Database.

Historical significance

Text

The text is in Sanskrit and available through The South Asia Inscriptions Database, see external links.

See also

• Indian inscriptions

Notes

1. J. F. Fleet, Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol. III. (Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publications Branch, 1888), pp. 32-34.
2. Hans T. Bakker, "Royal Patronage and Religious Tolerance The Formative Period of Gupta–Vākāṭaka Culture," Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 20.4 (2010): pp. 461– 475. Text only archived here: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.845642, for JRAS DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186310000301.

External links

• The Sanchi inscription in SIDDHAṂ: The South Asia Inscription Database
• ERC research archive : Religion, Region, Language and the State
• ERC research archive : SIDDHAṂ: The South Asia Inscriptions Database