EIAD 280, railing pillar from the Amaravati stūpa
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Apparatus
Translation
Gift of Kanhā, the wife of the notable Pāpin, from Valikaca, together with her son(s).
Bibliography
This edition, based on photographs, by Vincent Tournier and Fu Fan. Encoded in XML by Fu Fan in April 2025.
Primary
[F] Fergusson, James. 1873. Tree and serpent worship: or, Illustrations of mythology and art in India in the first and fourth centuries after Christ, from the sculptures of the Buddhist topes at Sanchi and Amravati. 2nd edition. London: India museum, W.H. Allen and co., publishers to the India office. [URL]. Pages 189–190, page 262, item 17, plate LVIII, item 1, plate XCIX.
Secondary
Tsukamoto Keishō 塚本啓祥. 1996. インド仏教碑銘の研究 I, Text, Note, 和訳 Indo Bukkyō himei no kenkyū I: Text, Note, Wayaku [A comprehensive study of the Indian Buddhist inscriptions, Part I: Text, Notes and Japanese Translation]. Kyōto-shi 京都市: Heirakuji Shoten 平楽寺書店. Page 231, item Amar 28.
[L] Lüders, Heinrich. 1912. A list of Brahmi inscriptions from the earliest times to about A.D. 400 with the exception of those of Asoka. Appendix to Epigraphia Indica and record of the Archæological Survey of India 10. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing. [URL]. Page 143, item 1222.
Knox, Robert. 1992. Amaravati: Buddhist sculpture from the Great Stūpa. London: British Museum Press. Pages 53–56, item 8.
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