Eran boar inscription of Toramana
The Eran boar inscription of Toramana, is a stone inscription found in Eran in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is 8 lines of Sanskrit, the first three of which are in meter and the rest in prose, written in a North Indian script. It is carved on the neck of a freestanding 11 feet (3.4 m) high red sandstone Varaha statue, a zoomorphic iconography of Vishnu avatar, and dated to the 6th century. The inscription names king Toramana, ruler of the Alchon Huns, as ruling over Malwa ("governing the earth") and records that a Dhanyavishnu is dedicating a stone temple to Narayana (Vishnu).
| Eran boar inscription of Toramana | |
|---|---|
Eran boar inscription of Alchon Huns ruler Toramana | |
| Material | Red sandstone statue |
| Writing | Sanskrit |
| Created | Circa 510 CE |
| Period/culture | Gupta Empire era |
| Discovered | Eran |
| Place | Eran |
| Present location | Eran |
Eran Location of the Eran boar inscription of Toramana | |
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