Sonpat Copper Seal Inscription of Harshavardhana

        (There was) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the most devout worshipper of the Sun, the Mah r ja, the illustrious R jyavardhana (I.) His son, [who meditated on] his feet, (was) the most devout worshipper of the Sun, the Mah r ja, the illustrious  dityavardhana, [begotten] on the illustrious Mah d v  (?). His [son, who meditated on his feet, (was). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the most devout worshipper of the Sun, the Paramabhatt raka and Mah r j dhir ja, the glorious Prabh karavardhana, begotten on the D v , [the illustrious] Mah s nagupt ,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(and) who was employed in regulating all the castes and stages of religious life. His son, who meditated on his feet, (was) the most devout follower of Sugata, the Paramabhatt raka and Mah r j dhir ja, the glorious R jyavardhana (II.) begotten on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the glorious Yash mat . [His younger brother], who meditated on [his feet], (is) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the [Paramabhatt raka and] Mah r j dhir ja, the glorious Harshavardhana, [begotten] on the Mah d v , Yash mat .

From: Fleet, John F. Corpus Inscritpionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of the Early Guptas. Vol. III. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publications Branch, 1888, 232.