Gadhwa Stone Inscription of Chandragupta II (407-408 CE)

        [In the reign of the most devout worshipper of the Divine One, the Mahârâjâdhirâja the glorious Chandragupta (II.); in the year] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; [on this] (lunar day), (specified) as above by the day (&c.):—  

        (Line 3.)— . . . . . . . . . . . . headed by Mâtridâsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for the purpose of increasing [the religious merit] . . . . . . . . . fashioned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the Brâhmans of the community of a perpetual almshouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by ten dînâras, (or in figures) 10.

        (L. 8.)— And whosoever [shall interfere with] this branch of religion,— [he] shall become invested [with (the guilt of) the five great sins]!

        (L. 10.)— In the reign of the most devout worshipper of the Divine One, the Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Chandragupta (II.)]; in the year 8o (and) 8; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [on this] (lunar day), (specified) as above [by the day, (&c.)] :—

        (L. 12.)— . . . . . . Pâtaliputra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the wife of the householder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [for the purpose] of adding to (her) own religious merit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the Brâhmans of the community of a perpetual almshouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . ten dinâras, (or in figures) 10.

        (L. 16.)— [And whosoever] shall interfere with [this] branch of religion,— [he shall become invested with (the guilt of) the five great sins]!

From: Fleet, John F. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of the Early Guptas. Vol. III. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publications Branch, 1888, 38-39.