Sridharavarman
Sridharavarman (Gupta script: 
, Shridharavarmmana).[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.