Stela at Po Gha cave

Editors: Salomé Pichon, Arlo Griffiths.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIC00223.

Language: Old Cham.

Repository: Campa (tfc-campa-epigraphy).

Version: (a2d4f44), last modified (f8ebd96).

Edition

Anterior

⟨1⟩ <symbol> pom̃ pañca aum̃ ⟨2⟩ raghujaḥ urām̃ pāṇḍu⟨3⟩rāṅgeśvara pajem̃ guhā ⟨4⟩ niy· kāla śakarā⟨5⟩(ja) 1170

Lateral

⟨1⟩ 1169 ⟨2⟩ 1170

Translation

Lord pañca Mr. Raghujaḥ, man of Pāṇḍuraṅgeśvara, has established this cave. In [the year of the] Śaka king 1170.

Translation into French

Le seigneur pañca monsieur Raghujaḥ, homme de Pāṇḍuraṅgeśvara, a établi cette grotte. En [l’année] 1170 du roi des Śaka.

Commentary

We assume that the numbers engraved on the lateral face, of which the second seems to correspond to the one on the principal face, are trials by the lapicide.