Indravarma
| Indravarma | |
|---|---|
Apracha | |
| Father | Vispavarma |
| Mother | Rukhuṇaka |
| Religion | Buddhism |
Indravarman or Indravarma (
Bajaur casket
Indravarman is mainly known from his dedicatory inscription on the Bajaur casket, an ancient reliquary from the area of
The inscription which is written in
In the sixty third year of the late great king Aya (
Apraca, establishes these bodily relics of Lord Sakyamuni; …. He produces brahma-merit together with his mother, Rukhunaka, daughter of Aji…. And these bodily relics having been brought in possession from the Muraka cave stupa, were established in a secure (?), safe, deep (?), depository…— Text of the Bajaur casket, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The casket proves the involvement of the
Indravarma is also known from a seal inscription, which was discovered in Bajaur.[3] He may have had a sister named Vasavadatta, who is known from the dedication of a water pot.[3]
Silver reliquary
Indravarma is also known for another Buddhist inscription on a silver reliquary in which he mentions him and his father
Prince Indravarma, son of Commander
Silver Buddhist reliquary of Prince Indravarma.[2]
The date of the Silver reliquary is thought to be anterior to the Bajaur casket, as Indravarma describes his father as "Commander", rather than the later "King" title. It was probably dedicated in the end of the 1st century BCE.[5]
See also
- Reliquary
- Apraca
- Bajaur
Notes
- ^ Cunningham, Alexander, COINS OF THE INDO-SCYTHIANS. The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 8 (1888), pp. 199-248
- ^ a b The World's Writing Systems, Peter T. Daniels, William Bright, Oxford University Press, 1996, p.382
- ^ a b c On the Cusp of an Era: Art in the Pre-Kuṣāṇa World, Doris Srinivasan, Brill, 2007, p.269-270
- ^ a b Metropolitan Museum of Art notice
- ^ "An Inscribed Silver Buddhist Reliquary of the Time of King Kharaosta and Prince Indravarman", Richard Salomon, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, No. 3 (July–September 1996), pp. 441
References
- Baums, Stefan. 2012. “Catalog and Revised Texts and Translations of Gandharan Reliquary Inscriptions.” In: David Jongeward, Elizabeth Errington, Richard Salomon and Stefan Baums, Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries, pp. 207–208, 233–234, Seattle: Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project (Gandharan Studies, Volume 1).
- Baums, Stefan, and Andrew Glass. 2002– . Catalog of Gāndhārī Texts, nos. CKI 241 and CKI 242
- Richard Salomon (January–March 1982). "The "Avaca" Inscription and the Origin of the Vikrama Era". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 102 (1): 59–68. JSTOR 601111.