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कहाऊँ स्तम्भ एवं क्षेत्रीय पुरातत्व की खोज
Appendix. 12 Archaeological Survey of India,, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol. III Inscriptions of the early Gupta Kings, New Delhi, 1981, pages 305-308, plate 29.
Note : This is a revised edition of corpus Inscriptinum Indicanum by John Faithfull Fleet, Vol. 3, 1888, Page 65-68 (reproduced in this book erlier). This revision is being done by Devdatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar. The text is more or less the same as of John Faithfull Fleet. However translation is different which is reproduced here.
Translation Luck! (Verse 1) In the peaceful' reign of Skandagupta, whose hall of audience is fanned by the breezes cause by the throwing down (at his feet) of the heads of hundreds of kings; who is born in the lineage of the Guptas; whose fame is spread (far and wide); who is of supreme greatness; (and) who resembles (the god) Śakra, being the lord of a hundred Kings;- in the 141st year, the month, Jyeshţha having arrived; (Verse 2) In this jewel of a village named by the people as Kakubha, (and) purified by the intercourse of holy men, - (there was) the great-souled Bhattisõma, who (was) the son of Somila, the receptacle of many good qualities; his son (was) Rudrasāma, of great intellect and fame, who had the other appellation of Vyāghra?. His son was Madra, who (was) exceedingly affectionate towards Brāhmaṇas, religious preceptors and ascetics. (Verse 3) Observing and being alarmed that this whole world is evanescent, he acquired a mass of religious merit; and for (his own) bliss and for the welfare of (all) existing beings, having established, of stone, the five lords who were originators (ādikartsis)“ in the path of the Arhats who practise restraint of mind, (he) thereupon planted (in the ground) this
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