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Kanakerha inscription, also spelled
Kanakherha inscription, is an inscription found on the side of the hill of
Sanchi, dating to the 3rd or 4th century CE.The region of
Sanchi-
Vidisha was captured from the
Satavahanas by the
Western Satraps during the rule of
Rudrasena II (255-278 CE), as shown by finds of his coinage in the area. The Western Satraps are then known to have remained in the area well into the 4th century, as shown by the Kanakherha inscription,Marshall, The Monuments of Sanchi
p. 392 (Public Domain text) on the hill of
Sanchi.The inscription mentions the construction of a well by the
Saka (
Gupta script: (File:Gupta_allahabad_sh.svg|15px)(File:Gupta_allahabad_k.svg|15px),
Åaka) chief and "righteous conqueror" (
dharmaviyagi mahadandanayaka)
Sridharavarman (
Gupta script: (File:Gupta allahabad shrii.jpg|12px)(File:Gupta allahabad dh.svg|12px)(File:Gupta allahabad r.svg|12px)(File:Gupta allahabad v.svg|12px)(File:Gupta allahabad rmm.jpg|17px)(File:Gupta allahabad n.svg|12px),
Sridharavarmmana).Buddhist Landscapes in Central India: Sanchi Hill and Archaeologies of Religious and Social Change, c. Third Century BC to Fifth Century AD, Julia Shaw, Routledge, 2016
pp. 58â59 Another inscription of the same Sridhavarman with his Naga military commander is known from
Eran. At Eran, it seems that his inscription is succeeded by a monument and an inscription by
Gupta Empire Samudragupta (r.336-380 CE), established "for the sake of augmenting his fame", who may therefore have ousted Sridharavarman in his campaigns to the West."During the course of this expedition he is believed to have attacked and defeated the Saka Chief Shridhar Varman, ruling over Eran-Vidisha region. He then annexed the area and erected a monument at Eran (modern Sagar District) "for the sake cf augmenting his fame"." in BOOK, Pradesh (India), Madhya, Krishnan, V. S., Madhya Pradesh: District Gazetteers, 1982, Government Central Press, 28,
weblink en, The inscription is in 6 lines, and bears a date of year 241 of the
Saka era, the date of the record thus corresponding to 319 CE. Salomon gives an earlier date of 279 CE. It is written in mostly standard
Sanskrit.BOOK, Salomon, Richard, Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages, 1998, Oxford University Press, USA, 9780195099843, 90,
weblink en, File:Rudrasimha II coin.jpg|thumb|left|
Rudrasimha II ruled the
Western SatrapsWestern SatrapsThe object of the inscription is to record the excavation of a well by the Mahadandanayaka
Saka Sridharavarmman, son of
Saka Nanda. It refers itself to the 13th regnal year of Sridharavarmman, which shows that although styled as the general, he was enjoying the powers and privileges of an independent ruler. Evidently he belongs to one of those
Western Satraps families that settled in Western India in the early centuries of the
Christian era. He calls himself a dharma-vijayi, i.e. "the righteous conqueror" in line 2, and in line 3 there is reference to dharm-asi, i.e. "the sword of righteousness". In all likelihood Sridharavarmman originally served under some royal family, and later, throwing off the yoke, assumed the position of an independent ruler. The inscription is currently in the
Sanchi Museum, where it has the number A98.Sanchi Museum Catalogue
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