The Date Of Incision Of Junāgaḍh Rock Inscription Of Rudradāman: Inferred From The Junāgaḍh Rock Inscription Of Skandagupta

A perusal of the Junāgaḍh rock inscription of Rudradāman will suffice in discerning that the epigraph does not supply us with the date of its incision, the only date given in the record coheres with the bursting of the embankment of the Sudarśana lake in consequence of an incessant downpour. The epigraph was composed and inscribed after the embankment had been restored, strengthened and enlarged. If we can deduce the time taken by the restoration process, we can narrow down the period of the composition and incision of the inscription with considerable accuracy. A provisional solution can be supplied by the Junāgaḍh rock inscription of Skandagupta, which the present paper intents on providing.