GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Banskhera Inscription of Harsh.
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Eran Pillar Inscription of Bhanugupta.
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MathuraInscription of Huvishka.
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Junagarh Inscription of Rudradaman.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is option 1) Eran Pillar Inscription of Bhanugupta. The first epigraphic evidence of Sati has been found from Eran Pillar Inscription of Bhanugupta, Madhya Pradesh. Some records suggest that the first example of Sati appears in the Gupta Period in 510 AD.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Axel Michaels, the first inscriptional evidence of the practice is from Nepal in 464 CE, and in India from 510 CE. The early evidence suggests that widow-burning practice was seldom carried out in the general population.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Eran boar inscription of Toramana, is a stone inscription found in Eran in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is 8 lines of Sanskrit, the first three of which are in meter and the rest in prose, written in a North Indian script.