Nasik inscription of Ushavadata

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Nasik inscription of Ushavadata
Cave No.10 "Nahapana Vihara" (circa 120 CE). 3D tour. The inscription is visible on the front porch of Cave No.10, over the entrance doors and windows, behind the columns.
Material	Stone
Writing	Hybrid Sanskrit
Created	120 CE
Period/culture	Western Satraps
Discovered	Nasik Caves
Present location	Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Nasik Caves Nasik Caves (India)

The Nasik inscription of Ushavadata is an inscription made in the Nasik Caves by Ushavadata, a son-in-law of the Western Satraps ruler Nahapana, in the years circa 120 CE. It is the earliest known instance of the usage of Sanskrit, although a rather hybrid form, in western India. It also documents the Indian tradition of dana (charity) to Buddhist monks and of building infrastructure to serve pilgrims and the general public by the 2nd-century CE.^[1]