Dhaneswar Khera Buddha image inscription

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Coordinates: 25°17′N 80°34′E / 25.28°N 80.57°E / 25.28; 80.57
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Dhaneswar Khera
Banda
Elevation
124 m (407 ft)

The Dhaneswar Khera Buddha image inscription is an epigraphic record on the base of a bronze image of the

Buddha recording its dedication by the wife of Harirāja of the Gupta lineage. The inscription provides an important documentation on the local Gupta dynasty and has been dated to the early 5th Century AD, or early 6th century AD.[1]

Discovery

Dhaneswar Khera (sometimes also referred to as Danesar Khera) is located near the village of Icchāwar or Nicchāwar in Jaspura Tahsil,

Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.[3][4]

Inscription

The inscription is written in

D. C. Sircar in Epigraphia Indica.[5] The record was later discussed by P. L. Gupta.[6]

Translation

A literal translation of the text is below:

1) deya-dharmmo=ya[ṃ*] Gupta=vaṅśo [read: vaṃś]-odita-śrī-Harirājasya ra [read: rā]jñī-mahādevyā[ḥ] [|*] yad=attra puṇya[ṃ*] tad=bhavatu

2) sa[rvva]-sa[TV(ttvā)nā][ṃ*] māta(tā)-pitṛ-pū[rvva]ṅgama(me)na anuttara-pada-jñāna (n-ā)vāptaye [||*]

The inscription records that the statue of the Buddha was the meritorious gift (deyadharma) of Mahādevī, the queen of Harirāja. The ruler Harirāja is described as being ‘born in the Gupta lineage’ who is also recorded on a copper-plate charter from

Vārānasī.[7]

References

  1. ^ "British Museum". The British Museum.
  2. ^ British Museum Highlights
  3. ^ Sheila E. Hoey Middleton, "The Third Buddha," South Asian Studies 18.1 (2002): pp. 67-72.
  4. ^ Nelson Atkins Collection[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ JOR 28 (1949): p. 185ff; D. C. Sircar, "Copper Coin of Harigupta", Epigraphia Indica 33 (1959-60): p. 97
  6. ^ P. L. Gupta, Imperial Guptas, p. 196.
  7. ^ British Museum Collection
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