Conch-shell from site 29 at Nagarjunakonda

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths (argr), Vincent Tournier (vito).

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan (pra) [Script (other) (script_other)].

Repository: Early Āndhradeśa (tfb-eiad-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00023.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ Ucc(i)takaṇasa(kha)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ Ucc(i)ta- ⬦ Uccita- Sarma 1970 • Sarma 1970 alternatively proposes to read raccita-. — ⟨1⟩ -sa(kha) ⬦ -saro Sarma 1970.

Translation

Uccitakaṇa’s conch.

Bibliography

The first serious reading to be published was that of Sarma 1970, pp. 2, caption of fig. 3. Re-edited here after autopsy of the object.

Secondary

No name. N.d. Indian Archaeology: a review. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 1958–59: 8.

Srinivasan, P. R. & S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. Ābhīras 4.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 165 (no. 48.2).

Soundara Rajan, K. V. 2006. Nagarjunakonda (1954–60), volume II: The historical period. Memoirs of the archaeological survey of India 75. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 225.

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[1] Inventory no. EIAD: 23

[2] Raghunath no.: 48.2

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: Ābhīras 4

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : conch-shell

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 1

[8] H: 17

[9] W: 9

[10] D: 10

[11] H: 5

[12] W: 2

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda

[15] Present locality: NM, arts & crafts reg. 194

[16] Primary bibliography: Sarma 1970: 2, fig. 3.

[17] Secondary bibliography: IAR 1958-59: 8. — Raghunath 2001: 165 (48.2).

[18] Visual documentation: IAR 1958-59, pl. V (B); Sarma; Raghunath.

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