INSCRIPTIONS

 

          The Asanpat inscription paleographically belongs to the Gupta period and may be ascribed to about 5th century A.D. The donor Maharaja Satrubhanja son of Maharaja Manabhanja, was of naga lineage born of Mahadevi Damayanti. Maharaja Satrubhanj was the ruler of the territory known as Vindhyatavi and earned great merit by donating lakhs of cows in places like Pataliputra, Gaya, Krimila, Dandavardhan, Pundrivardhan, Vardaman, Gorhati, Khadranga, Tamaralipti and Ubhoya Tosali. He also donated lakhs of gold coins at Samkhakara Math of Ahichhatra, Manibhadra Math of Laksheswara and at other maths. He constructed dwellings and vihars for Brahmacharis, Charakas, Paribrajakas and Bhikshus.

 

 

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