Sanchi Inscription of Chandragupta II
Perfection has been attained! To the community of the faithful in the holy great vihāra of Kākanādabōta, -in which the organs of sense (of the members of it) have been subdued by the virtues of (good) character, religious meditation, and wisdom; which . . . . . . . . . . . . deeds of the very highest religious merit; which has come together from the four quarters of the world; (and) which is the abode of most excellent Shramanas,-having prostrated himself in an assembly of five persons, Amrakārdava the son of Undāna,-whose means of subsistence have been made comfortable by the favour of the feet of the Mahārājādhirāja, the glorious Chandragupta (II.); who is publishing in the world the amiable behaviour of the virtuous people who are the dependents (of the king); who has acquired banners of victory and fame in many battles; (and) who is an inhabitant of (the town of) Nashtī . . . . . . in the Sukuli dźsha,-gives (the village or allotment of) Īshvaravāsaka ..purchased with the endowment of Maja and Sharabhanga and Amrarāta of the royal household, and (also gives) twenty-five dīnāras.
(Line 7.)-From [the interest of the dīnāras] given by him,- with half, as long as the moon and the sun (endure), let five Bhikshus be fed, and let a lamp burn in the jewel-house, for the perfection of all the virtues of .the familiar name of Dźvarāja, . Of the Mahārājādhirāja, the glorious Chandragupta (II.); and with the other half, which is mine, let the same number of five Bhikshus be fed, and (let) a lamp (burn) in the jewel-house.
(L. 10.)-Whosoever shall interfere with this his arrangement,- he shall become invested with (the guilt of) the slaughter of a cow or of a Brāhman, and with (the guilt of) the five sins that entail immediate retribution!
(L. 11.)-The year 90 (and) 3; (the month) Bhādrapada; the day 4.
From: Fleet, John F. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of the Early Guptas. Vol. III. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publications Branch, 1888, 32-34.