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[[File:Sanchi inscription of Svami Jivadaman Year 13.jpg|thumb|The [[Kanakerha inscription]] of Sridharavarman.]] |
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'''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]], ''Shridharavarmmana'') |
'''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]], ''Shridharavarmmana'', ruled circa 339-368 CE)<ref name="Shaw 58">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 [https://books.google.com/books?id=IUbUDAAAQBAJ&pg=PR58 p58-59]</ref> was a [[Western Satraps|Saka]] ([[Gupta script]]: [[File:Gupta_allahabad_sh.svg|15px]][[File:Gupta_allahabad_k.svg|15px]], ''Śaka'') ruler of [[Central India]], around the areas of [[Vidisa]], [[Sanchi]] and [[Eran]] in the 4th century CE.<ref name="Shaw 58"/> He calls himself a general and "righteous conqueror" (''dharmaviyagi mahadandanayaka'') in an inscription, and "Rajan" ('King") and "Mahaksatrapa" ("Great Satrap") in a probably later inscription at Eran, suggesting that he may have been a high-ranked officer who later rose to the rank of a King.<ref name="CII4">{{cite book |last1=Mirashi |first1=Vasudev Vishnu |title=Corpus inscriptionum indicarum vol.4 pt.2 Inscriptions of the Kalachuri Chedi Era |date=1955 |publisher=Archaeological Society of India |pages=605-611 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.3725/page/n321}}</ref> |
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Sridharavarman is known from two inscriptions: the first one is the [[Kanakerha inscription]] at [[Sanchi]]. |
Sridharavarman is known from two inscriptions: the first one is the [[Kanakerha inscription]] at [[Sanchi]]. |
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Sridharavarman (Gupta script: 
, Shridharavarmmana, ruled circa 339-368 CE)[1] was a Saka (Gupta script: 
, Śaka) ruler of Central India, around the areas of Vidisa, Sanchi and Eran in the 4th century CE.[1] He calls himself a general and "righteous conqueror" (dharmaviyagi mahadandanayaka) in an inscription, and "Rajan" ('King") and "Mahaksatrapa" ("Great Satrap") in a probably later inscription at Eran, suggesting that he may have been a high-ranked officer who later rose to the rank of a King.[2]
Sridharavarman is known from two inscriptions: the first one is the Kanakerha inscription at Sanchi.
Another inscription of the same Sridhavarman with his Naga military commander is known from Eran.[1] At Eran, it seems that his inscription is succeded 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.[3]
References
- ^ a b c 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 p58-59
- ^ Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu (1955). Corpus inscriptionum indicarum vol.4 pt.2 Inscriptions of the Kalachuri Chedi Era. Archaeological Society of India. pp. 605–611.
- ^ "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 Pradesh (India), Madhya; Krishnan, V. S. (1982). Madhya Pradesh: District Gazetteers. Government Central Press. p. 28.