# EIAD 236. Component of a stūpa ledge molding from Vardhamanukota

Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier

Contributor: Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00236

Repository: Early Āndhradeśa (tfb-eiad-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSEIAD00236.xml

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

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## Palaeographic description

Lettering typical of the 1st century CE.

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## Edition

### A. Left of the drainage hole

⟨1⟩ […]sa dānaṁ

### B. Above the drainage hole

⟨1⟩ Upāsikāya budharakhitāya dānaṁ

## Translation

### A. Left of the drainage hole

⟨1⟩ Gift of […].

### B. Above the drainage hole

⟨1⟩ Gift of the lay woman Budharakhitā.

## Bibliography

Previously unpublished. Edited here by Arlo Griffiths & Vincent Tournier
from photographs of the stone.

### Secondary

Dasarathi, S. 1992. Handbook of District Archaeological Museum Pangal,
Nalgonda. Reprint 2024. Hyderabad: Dept. of Archaeology & Museums, Govt.
of Andhra Pradesh. Part IV.

ARIE 2003–04. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 2003–04. Edited by
K. Munirathnam. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2018.
Appendix B, item 10.