The memorial stone, in the Government Museum Sikar, bears an unpublished epigraph recording the death of an individual named Mahipal. A niche carved on the top of the panel depicts a Shaiva ascetic on one side of a shivalinga and a devotee, likely perhaps Mahipal, standing on the other side. Though its precise provenance is unknown, this artifact sheds important information about the Shaiva landscape of the city of Sikar in the 12th century CE.
Image courtesy: The Government Museum, Sikar
Date_accepted:
2024-05-13T12:12:24Z
Modified:
2024-05-14T12:01:48Z
Type:
Image
Creator:
Temples of India Project Team
Contributor:
Anchit Jain
Publisher:
Jio Institute
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
References:
Rajasthan, Shakambhari Chahamanas , Temples of India, Harshnath Temple, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and Sikar