Panel, Udaypur, 1338-1339, Epigraphic Round Script

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_10
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 739 H.; 1338 – 1339
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Vidisha district, Ganj Basoda tehsil, Udaypur
Present Location: Over the south gate of the mosque courtyard
Language: Arabic; Persian
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 his deputy Malik Kabīr’s protégé Ahmad b. Wajih and the supervisor-of-works Fakhr b. Muhammad Lāhawrī, following a Hadith on the merits of building a mosque
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\sandstone
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 134 x 39 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 3
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel
Bibliography: Saksena, Ramsingh. “Moslem Epigraphy in Gwalior State.” Indian Antiquary 55 (January 1926): 4–5. pl. 1-2;; ARIE Annual Report On Indian Epigraphy for 1964-1965. Gai, G. S. Archaeological Survey of India, 1986. 23, 145. nos. D77-78.

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sīn shīn denticles: rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) diamond shaped
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: circular head