page_title: Sridharavarman
section_title: Eran inscription
hierarchical_section_title: Sridharavarman / Inscriptions / Eran inscription
caption_attribution_description: English: Eran pillar of Sridharavarman
context_page_description: Sridharavarman was a Saka ruler of Central India, around the areas of Vidisa, Sanchi and Eran in the 4th century CE, just before the Gupta Empire expansion in these areas. He calls himself a general and "righteous conqueror" in an inscription, and "Rajan" and "Mahaksatrapa" in a probably later inscription at Eran, suggesting that he may have been a high-ranked officer who later rose to the rank of a King.
context_section_description: Another inscription of the same Sridhavarman, made by his Naga General Satyanaga, was made on a pillar at Eran, only the top portion of which is remaining. The pillar is about 1 foot 6 inches in diameter. The inscription is dated to the 27th year of Sridharavarman's reign. Another famous inscription was later added on the same pillar, the inscription of Goparaja, who died in Eran during the rule of Gupta ruler Bhanugupta, who is also only known from this very inscription.
  The Eran inscription of Sridharavarman reads:
  Success! In the victorious twenty-seventh year, augmenting [his dominion for a thousand years] of the Rajan (and) Mahakshatrapa Sridharavarman, the son of the Saka Nanda —the righteous conqueror, who has obtained abundant fame by means of victories won by his valour, [who meditates on the feet of the divine Mahasena whose army has never been vanquished] on this day (namely) ..... in the adhishthana (town) of Erikina in Bahirika in this ahara of Nagendra, a flight of steps [at the river Venva] [has been caused to be constructed] with devotion by [Nara]yanasvamin for the well-being of the adhishthana headed by the cows and the Brahmanas, (and) for the increase [of the religious merit of his mother and father].
  [At the same adhishthana in his own bhoga there has been erected this yashti] by Satyanaga, the Senapati (General) and Arakshika of the King, who is a native of Maharashtra and is foremost of .... for the removal of calamities, for the attainment of prosperity and for the happiness and well-being of all creatures.
  
  Moreover-
  
  While (our) King is ruling over the wide earth ..... may this yashti, (raised) by the Nagas themselves, remaining unimpaired, proclaim by its form the duty of the warlike people...; for this is the (meeting) place of (all) people - friends as well as foes - in (a spirit of) service and reverence!
  — Translation by Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi
  At Eran, it seems that this inscription is succeeded chronologically by a monument and an inscription by Gupta Empire Samudragupta (r.336-380 CE), established "for the sake of augmenting his fame", who may therefore have ousted Sridharavarman in his campaigns to the West.
caption: Location of the pillar of Sridharavarman with his inscription, in Eran. Coordinates: 24°05′11″N 78°10′34″E﻿ / ﻿24.0864°N 78.1762°E﻿ / 24.0864; 78.1762
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