Gadhwa Stone Inscription of Kumaragupta

        Victory has been achieved by the Divine One! In the reign of [the most devout worshipper of the Divine One, the Mahârâjâdhirâja], the glorious Kumâragupta; [in the year] . . . . . . . . . . . ; on the day 10; [on this (lunar day), (specified) as above by the day (&c.)]: —

        (Line 3.) — . . . . . . . . . . . [the community of] a perpetual almshouse . . . . . . . . . . there were given ten dînâras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and in the almshouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . three dînâras . . . . . . . . . . .

        (L. 7.)— [And whosoever shall interfere with this branch of religion],— he [shall become invested] with (the guilt of) the five great sins!

        (L. 9.)— Gôyindâ, Lakshmâ, . . . . . . . . . . . . .

From: Fleet, John F. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of the Early Guptas. Vol. III. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publications Branch, 1888, 40.