Presenting a Series of Royal Portraits in Fifth-Century Malwa: A Proposed Reinterpretation of the Chhoti Sadri Inscription
The Chhoti Sadri inscription of the Mānavāyại king Gauri (490-91 CE) of Malwa is a most unusual specimen of a Sanskrit verse praśasti. Its remarkably poor Sanskrit has attracted the most attention, but its rhetorical structure is also quite abnormal. It is proposed here that such unusual features as...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Oriental Society
2021
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JAOS
Year: 2021, Volume: 141, Issue: 2, Pages: 273-288 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KBM Asia |
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| Summary: | The Chhoti Sadri inscription of the Mānavāyại king Gauri (490-91 CE) of Malwa is a most unusual specimen of a Sanskrit verse praśasti. Its remarkably poor Sanskrit has attracted the most attention, but its rhetorical structure is also quite abnormal. It is proposed here that such unusual features as the first person presentation and the fronting of subjects with demonstrative pronouns suggest a setting involving an actual, or perhaps only an imagined, presentation of a royal portrait gallery, such as are attested both in Sanskrit literature and in Indian archaeology. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2289 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Oriental Society, JAOS
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7817/jameroriesoci.141.2.0273 |