Eran
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Eran is an ancient town and archaeological site in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It was one of the ancient mints for Indian dynasties, as evidenced by the diverse coins excavated here. The site has 5th and 6th-century Gupta era temples and monuments, particularly the colossal stone boar with sages, and scholars depicted on the body of the sculpture. The inscription stones found at Eran are important for reconstructing the chronology of the Gupta Empire's history. Eran or Erakina was the capital of Erakina (Airikina) Pradesha or Airkina Vishaya, an administrative division of the
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23 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Location
- History
- Archaeology
- Description
- Temples
- Pillar
- Varaha temple
- Colossal Varaha
- Vishnu temple
- Narasimha temple
- Hanuman temple
- Coins
- Inscriptions
- Inscription of Sridharavarman (circa 350 CE)
- Inscription of Samudragupta
- Inscription of Budhagupta (484–485 CE)
- Inscription of Toramana (circa 500 CE)
- Inscription of Bhanugupta (510 CE)
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
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Eran is an ancient town and archaeological site in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It was one of the ancient mints for Indian dynasties, as evidenced by the diverse coins excavated here. The site has 5th and 6th-century Gupta era temples and monuments, particularly the colossal stone boar with sages, and scholars depicted on the body of the sculpture. The inscription stones found at Eran are important for reconstructing the chronology of the Gupta Empire's history. Eran or Erakina was the capital of Erakina (Airikina) Pradesha or Airkina Vishaya, an administrative division of the Gupta Empire.
==Etymology== The ancient name of Eran (), Erakaina, krishiv , Erakanya or Erakina (as mentioned in the inscriptions); Airikina (, as mentioned in the inscription of Samudragupta) or Erikina (as mentioned in the inscription of Toramana) is derived from Eraka. The word erakā probably refers to a tall grass commonly called the Elephant cattail, botanical name Typha elephantina, which grows at Eran in abundance.
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