AULIKARA CAVE-SHELTER, Narasinghgarh

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Inscription of Aulikara, King Naravarmman, Kotra Bihar, Narasinghgarh [note 1], District Rajgarh.-- This Sanskrit inscription in Gupta characters is noticed inside a cave-shelter. It introduces Maharaja Naravarmmam as the son of Maharaja Simhavarmman and bears the date (Vikrama) year 4764, the fifth day of the dark fortnight of the month Phalguna. The inscription records the excavation of the cave-shelter for the use of the itinerant sangha members [note 2], by Samghila, the disciple of acharya Bhadantadas (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1982-83 / 1985: 121).Inscription of Aulikara, King Naravarmman, Kotra Bihar, Narasinghgarh [note 1], District Rajgarh.-- This Sanskrit inscription in Gupta characters is noticed inside a cave-shelter. It introduces Maharaja Naravarmmam as the son of Maharaja Simhavarmman and bears the date (Vikrama) year 4764, the fifth day of the dark fortnight of the month Phalguna. The inscription records the excavation of the cave-shelter for the use of the itinerant sangha members [note 2], by Samghila, the disciple of acharya Bhadantadas (Indian Archaeology: A Review [IAR] 1982-83 / 1985: 121).