Memorial pillar from site 61 at Nagarjunakonda — reign of Siri-Ehavalacāntamūla, year 13

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

Palaeographic description: Lettering typical of the 3rd century CE.

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan (pra).

Version: 2025-09-30 03:30 (ed06ce4), last modified 2025-09-30 03:30 (ed06ce4).

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⟨1⟩ sidhaM ~ s(ā)misa rā(ño) (vā)se(ṭhi-pu)tasa Ikhāku(sa)
⟨2⟩ siri-Ehavula-(ca)tam(ū)lasa (savacha)ra t(e)rasa(ma)
⟨3⟩ gim(ha)ṇaṁ pakha paṁcama 5 divasa sa(ta)ma 7 ra(ño)
⟨4⟩ māḍhari-pūtasa Ikhākuṇaṁ s(i)ri-virapūr(i)sadatasa
⟨5⟩ mahisija mahavalabhīkāya yakhīlinikāya pu-
⟨6⟩ tasa mahāsenapatisa kum(ā)rasa ElīEhavū-
⟨7⟩ ladāsaṁṇakasa chāyā-thabh(o) thāpito ° @

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ gim(ha)ṇaṁ ⬦ gīm(h)aṇaṁ S • The shape of ha in gim(ha)ṇaṁ is not regular. Cf. EIAD 29, l. 3 and note.

⟨4⟩ -pūr(i)sadatasa ⬦ -pūrusadatasa S.

⟨5⟩ mahisija • Sircar notes “Probably we should not take it as mahisi-Jamaha°” and proposes to emend mahisiya. We think ja could stand for ya.

⟨7⟩ chāyā-thabh(o) ⬦ chayatha(ṁ)bh(o) S.

Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Success! In the thirteenth year of the Lord King Vāsiṭṭhīputta Siri-Ehavulacāntamūla the Ikṣvāku, in the fifth — 5th — fortnight of summer, on the seventh — 7th — day.

⟨3–7⟩ The memorial pillar of the Great General, Prince Elī Ehavūladāsaṇṇaka — son of the greatly beloved (mahāvallabhikā) Yakhīlinikā, chief queen of the King Māṭharīputta Siri-Vīrapurisadatta of the Ikṣvākus — was erected.

Bibliography

First described and edited by D.C. Sircar ([1966] 1963–1964). Re-edited and translated by Arlo Griffiths & Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch, making use of photos of the published estampages, and after autopsy of the stone, on the experimental site Griffiths and Tournier 2017. The XML source code from Griffiths and Tournier 2025 was adapted for DHARMA by Arlo Griffiths & Vincent Tournier in 2025.

Primary

[S] Sircar, Dines Chandra. [1966] 1963–1964. “More inscriptions from Nagarjunikonda.” EI 35, pp. 1–36. Pages 10–11, item 3.

[EIAD] Griffiths, Arlo and Vincent Tournier. 2017. “Early inscriptions of Āndhradeśa.” [URL].

Secondary

ARIE 1958-59. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1958-59. Edited by Dines Chandra Sircar. Ootacamund: Archaelogical Survey of India. [URL]. Pages 6–7, appendix B, item 79.

Srinivasan, P. R. and S. Sankaranarayanan. 1979. Inscriptions of the Ikshvāku period. Epigraphical Series 14. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Item 43.

Sarkar, H. 1982. “The Cāyā-Stambhas from Nāgārjunakoṇḍa.” In: Memorial stones: A study of their origin, significance and variety. Edited by Shadaksharappa Settar and Günther Dietz Sontheimer. I.I.A.H. Series & South Asian Studies 2 & XI/11. Dharwad; Heidelberg: Institute of Indian Art History, Karnatak University; South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, pp. 199–207. Pages 202–203.

Raghunath, K. 2001. The Ikṣvākus of Vijayapuri: A study of the Nagarjunakonda inscriptions. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. Pages 146–147, item 35.

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 604.

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[2] Raghunath no.: 35

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.: 43

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

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[7] (Faces:) Lines: 7

[8] H: 111

[9] W: 28

[10] D: 18-24

[11] H: 29

[12] W: 28

[13] Language(s): MIA

[14] Original locality: Nagarjunakonda Site-61, North of the 16-pillared maṇḍapa, section IV, division 215, trench D5

[15] Present locality: NM 295

[16] Primary bibliography: Sircar 1963-64a: 10-1 (3).

[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1958-59: 6-7, B.79. — Sarkar 1982: 202-3. — Raghunath 2001: 146-7 (35).

[18] Visual documentation: Sircar; Raghunath. — Rosen Stone 1994, ill. 125.

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