Skandaguptavata

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Skandaguptavata (स्कंदगुप्तवट) is name of a village near Patna in Bihar mentioned in an inscription of Skandagupta obtained from Bihar, India.

Variants

• Skandaguptavata स्कंदगुप्तवट (AS, p.999)

History

There is another record of Skanda Gupta discovered in the home-province itself. On a broken red sandstone column at Bihar in Patna district there is an inscription, the first part of which is undated and mentions Kumara Gupta. The name of his wife seems to be peeled off. This part, like the second, presumably refers to Skanda Gupta, because it mentions a village named Skandaguptavata. The inscription records the erection of the column, called Yupa in line 10, apparently by some minister, whose sister was Kumara Gupta I’s wife. It records certain shares in the village of Skandaguptavata and in another agrahara, the name of which is lost. This part seems to have belonged to the Shaiva form of worship in its shakta or tantric development. The second part, which is undated, is obviously the record of Skanda Gupta and is grossly mutilated. The record gives the names of several officers ; and the fact that a village was named, after the sovereign speaks for itself.

स्कंदगुप्तवट

स्कंदगुप्तवट (AS, p.999): बिहार में जिला पटना के पास एक गाँव जिसका उल्लेख बिहार से प्राप्त स्कंदगुप्तवट के समय के अभिलेख में है. (दे. बिहार)