The Āndhau Inscription of Rudrasimha I

Andhau (23.46 N.,69 53 E ), a small village in the heart of the desert, is situated south-east of Khāvḍā în Khāvdā Tālukā of Kachchh District in Gujarat state Though possessing no significance at present either political or commercial or eco- nomic or cultural, this small deserted village is historically very important as it had

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जमींदार आंधौ के छह शिलालेखों में से अब तक अप्रकाशित अन्तिम लेख प्रकाशित करते हैं — कच्छ संग्रहालय, भुज में सुरक्षित खण्डित ब्राह्मी स्मृति-स्तम्भ-लेख। प्राकृत-प्रभावित संस्कृत गद्य की शेष दस पंक्तियाँ पश्चिमी क्षत्रप वंशावली तथा रुद्रदामा और रुद्रसिंह के लिए प्रयुक्त राजन्, स्वामी और महाक्षत्रप उपाधियाँ देती हैं। Jamindar publishes the sixth and so far unpublished Andhau inscription, a broken Brahmi memorial-pillar record now in the Kachchh Museum, Bhuj. Its ten surviving prose lines, Sanskrit influenced by Prakrit, carry the Western Ksatrapa genealogy and the titles Rajan, Svamin and Mahaksatrapa borne by Rudradaman and Rudrasimha.

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