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title: Inscription of King Sarvavarman
author: Ms Sarah Welch
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10511/inscription-of-king-sarvavarman/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Inscription of King Sarvavarman
_Authored by Ms Sarah Welch_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10511.jpg)
## Image Caption
This is an inscription of the Maukhari king Sarvavarman (c. sixth century CE) found in the fort at Asirgarh, north of the [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of Burhanpur, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is in [Sanskrit](https://www.worldhistory.org/Sanskrit/) with the upper part showing many emblems—a bull, an umbrella, and two men carrying axes and a sunshade and a stick. The text of the inscription states the genealogy of the Maukhari kings beginning with Harivarman. It mentions the kings succeeding him as Adityavarman, Ishvaravarman, Ishanavarman and finally Sarvavarman, repectively. Copy from a personal copy of plates published by John Fleet with Inscriptions Of The Early [Gupta](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/gupta/) Kings And Their Successors, in 1888 CE.
## Cite This Work
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:6th_century_Asirgarh_seal_inscription,_Sarvavarman,_Hindu_Maukhari_dynasty,_Sanskrit.jpg) by [**Ms Sarah Welch**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:6th_century_Asirgarh_seal_inscription,_Sarvavarman,_Hindu_Maukhari_dynasty,_Sanskrit.jpg). Submitted by [Dr Avantika Lal](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/avantika.lal30/ "User Page: Dr Avantika Lal"), published on 02 May 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.