245. Nalanda terracotta seal of Sarvavarman (Bh. No. 2081)
Hiranand Sastri, ASI.AR. 1927-28, p. 139; & EI. Vol. XXI (1931-32), pp. 73-74; & MASI. No. 66, p. 67-68 (only text); IE.AR. 1956-57, p. 96, No. 80, App. C; Th. 149.


4. NALANDA CLAY SEAL OF ÙARVAVARMAN
[ PLATE VII and VIIA ]
Provenance : Nalanda, Patna District, Bihar.
References : H. Sastri, ASIAR, 1927-28, 139; EI, XXI, 73-74, and plate; MASI, 66, 67-68.
Language : Sanskrit, prose.
Script : Late Bràhmè of the Northern Class.
Date : Circa third quarter of the sixth century A.D.

The seal contains the text which is identical with that met with on the Asirgadh seal of this ruler [Ùarvavarman]. See EI, XXI. There are several specimens of the seals of Ùarvavarman, but except a fairly preserved specimen, all of them are fragmentary. (MASI, 66, 68).