NASHIK INSCRIPTION OR NASHIK PRASHASTI

 

• Nashik Inscription or Nashik Prashasti gives details of the reign of Gautamiputra Satkarni. The inscription was issued by Gautami Balshri, the mother of Gautamiputra Satkarni in the 2nd Century CE.

• The inscription found in the Cave No. 3 of Pandavleni Caves in Nashik. The inscription is dated to the 19th regnal year of Vashishtiputra Pulumavi or Pulumayi who was the son of Gautamiputra Satkarni.

• The Nashik prashasti inscription informs that Gautamiputra uprooted the Kshaharata (or Khagarata) family, to which Nahapana belonged.

• The Nashik inscription reaffirmed a grant of land to Buddhist monks living at the Triraśmi peak. This land was earlier in the possession of Nahapana's son-in-law Rishabhadatta (also known as Ushavadata), who had donated it to the monks.