Gadhwa Stone Inscription of Kumaragupta (417-418 CE)

        [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 90 (and) 8; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; [on this] (lunar day), (specified) as above by the day (&c.);—

        (Line 3)— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [for the purpose] of adding to (his) own religious merit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (to endure) for the same time with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a perpetual almshouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . twelve dînâras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

        (L. 9.)— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . shall become invested with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

From: Fleet, John F. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of the Early Guptas. Vol. III. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publications Branch, 1888, 41.