Pahladpur Stone Pillar Inscription


        Here, he, - who is possessed of extensive victory and fame; who is the protector of the true religion of the warrior caste; who always cherishes princes; who is the protector of the army of the P rthivas; who day after day . . . . . . . . . . . . Shishup la . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,-was created, as if he were a fifth L kap la, by (the god) Vidh tri.


From: Fleet, John F. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of the Early Guptas. Vol. III. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publications Branch, 1888, 251.