Panel, Ranod, 1331-1332, Epigraphic Round Script

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Entry ID: India_SS_07
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 732 H.; 1331 – 1332
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Shivpuri district, Ranod
Present Location: Shahi Masjid, entrance porch
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Nature of the Text: Other
Text Content: Records the construction of the mosque in the reign of Sultan Muhammad b. Tughluq by ‘Umar b. Muhammad La_shī
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\sandstone
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 2
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel
Bibliography: Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy (ARIE) 1961-62, no. D 73

See the lexicon

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - non serifed; alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin; alif - foot with left hook
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - non serifed; lām - shaft tapers from thick to thin; lām - foot with left hook
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - short curvilinear flattened bowl

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial short pointed denticles

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin