EIAD 76. Memorial pillar from site 60 at Nagarjunakonda

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

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan (pra) [Script (unspecified) (script_unspecified)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00076.

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Version: 2026-09-22 13:22 (151ff65), last modified 2026-09-21 18:13 (3db1cff).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [si](dhaṁ) (-)mahāse(nāpa)tisa mahātala[va](ra)[sa]

⟨2⟩ [*](raka)ha(ko)ḍuvakasa Aya(bhuti)sa

⟨3⟩ chāy(ekha)bha (|)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [si] ⟨Fragment left⟩ (dhaṁ)(-) ⬦ ... Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Sircar however notes: ““The damaged word here may be sidhaṁ.”” — ⟨1⟩ mahātala[va](ra)[sa] ⬦ mahātala... Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Sircar notes: ““the lost aksharas are no doubt -varasa.””

⟨2⟩ [1×](raka)- ⬦ (Arakama)- Sircar [1966] 1963–1964 • Sircar notes: ““Better read Arakasa separately from the compound.””

⟨3⟩ chāy(ekha)bha ⬦ chayakhabho Sircar [1966] 1963–1964.

Translation

Success! Memorial pillar of the Great General, the Great Talavara ...rakahakoḍuvaka Ayabhuti (Āryabhūti).

Bibliography

First described and edited by Sircar [1966] 1963–1964, pp. 16–7 (6.C.II). Re-edited here from the estampage published by Sircar and after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

ARIE

Srinivasan, P. R. & S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Page no. 62.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Page 176 (no. 58).

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[1] Inventory no. EIAD: 76

[2] Raghunath no.: 58

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 62

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : memorial pillar

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 3

[8] H: 125

[9] W: 36

[10] D: 24

[11] H: 25

[12] W: 35

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-60, sector S IV, division 189, trench E 2

[15] Present locality: NM, in fortification enclosure

[16] Primary bibliography: Sircar 1963-64a: 16-7 (6.C.II).

[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1958-59: B.83. — Raghunath 2001: 176 (58).

[18] Visual documentation: Sircar

[19] Substance of inscription: memorial pillar of the commander-in-chief

[20] Remarks: ARIE: Pillar with sculpture in Site No.60 Sector S IV, Division 189, Trench E.2

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