page_title: Gwalior inscription of Mihirakula
hierarchical_section_title: Gwalior inscription of Mihirakula
caption_attribution_description: English: Inked impression of the Inscription of the Huna king Mihirakula, from Suraj Kund, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
context_page_description: The Gwalior Inscription of Mihirakula is a Sanskrit inscription recording the construction of a Surya temple from stone, by Matricheta. It was found in 1861 by Alexander Cunningham and published in 1861. Several translations of it have been published thereafter. It is damaged, its script is the northern class of ancient Gupta script and the entire composition is in poetic verse.
  It is notable for mentioning a Sun temple in the first part of the sixth century CE, and the rule of Hūṇa king Mihirakula.
context_section_description: The Gwalior Inscription of Mihirakula is a Sanskrit inscription recording the construction of a Surya temple from stone, by Matricheta. It was found in 1861 by Alexander Cunningham and published in 1861. Several translations of it have been published thereafter. It is damaged, its script is the northern class of ancient Gupta script and the entire composition is in poetic verse.
  It is notable for mentioning a Sun temple in the first part of the sixth century CE, and the rule of Hūṇa king Mihirakula.
caption: Gwalior inscription of Mihirakula. Actual photograph
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