Kankali Tila tablet of Sodasa

Kankali Tila tablet of Sodasa
The Kankali Tila tablet of Sodasa (photograph and drawing), with an inscription mentioning the year 42 of the reign of Northern Satraps ruler Sodasa.[1]
MaterialRed sandstone
Period/culture1st century CE
Discovered27°36′00″N 77°39′00″E
PlaceKankali Tila, Mathura, India.
Present locationState Museum Lucknow
Kankali Tila, Mathura, (Discovery) is located in India
Kankali Tila, Mathura, (Discovery)
Kankali Tila, Mathura, (Discovery)

27°29′29″N 77°40′26″E / 27.491389°N 77.673889°E / 27.491389; 77.673889 The Kankali Tila tablet of Sodasa, also called the Iryavati stone tablet,[2] or Amohini ayagapata,[3] is a large stone slab discovered in Kankali (area of Mathura) which mentions the rule of the Northern Satraps ruler Sodasa in Mathura.[1] The tablet in the State Museum Lucknow (room J.1).[2] It is an important example of Mathura art.

  1. ^ a b The Jain stûpa and other antiquities of Mathurâ by Smith, Vincent Arthur Plate XIV
  2. ^ a b Cultural Contours of India: Dr. Satya Prakash Felicitation Volume, Vijai Shankar Śrivastava - 1981, p.98
  3. ^ Orientalia Rheno-traiectina by Hendrik Willem Obbink, Brill Archive p.65