Intwa Clay Sealing

Written by Alok Mohan on September 12, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized

Inscription number 144

Intwa Clay sealing
Provenance: The ancient site of Intwa, in Saurashtra, about 5 kilometres from the famous Junagarh rock,
which bears the inscription of Ashoka, Rudradaman, and skandgupta.
Script: Brahmi of the early Kshatrapa period.
Language: Sanskrit.
Refrences: B Ch Chhabra, Ep.ind, XXVIII, pp.174-75.
Buddhist sites at Junagadh and its surrounding area, supported a large number of Budhist monks. The caves as well as the vihara at Intwa, had a strong Buddhist presence
The edicts of Ashoka also provide us the earliest evidences of the existence of Buddhism in Saurashtra.
Text
Along the margin. around chaitya symbol
महाराज-रुद्रसेन-विहारे भिक्षु-संघस्य
हिन्दी अनुवाद
महाराज रुद्रसेन विहार में भिक्षु-संघ की (मुद्रा)
English Translation of the inscription
(The seal) of the congregation of friars in the monastery of Maharaja Rudrasena.

Footnote
1. From the Pencil rubbing and the enlarged photograph in
Ep.Ind XXVIII, facing pp174.
2. Of the four lines of this name in the dynasty of Chashtana,
the reference is probably to Rudrasena-1 (199-222 A. D)
Tue paleography of the legend rather rules out the Later Kings. The historical importance of the seal lies
in the fact that this is the only evidence to the effect that the Saka Mahakshtrapa built a budhist monastery at junagarh.

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