The Ramtek Inscriptions II: The Vākāṭaka Inscription in the Kevala–Narasiṃha Temple

In The Ramtek Inscriptions I (hereafter RI) mention was made of a Vākāṭaka inscription in the Kevala–Narasiṃha Temple on Ramtek Hill,¹ the discovery of which was reported in IAR 1982–83, 137. The credit for first discussing, as well as editing the text goes to the Director of the Archaeological Survey and Museums of Maharashtra, Dr. A.P. Jamkhedkar. In an article which appeared in 1986 in R. Parimoo (ed.), Vaiṣṇavism in Indian Arts and Culture (pp. 335–41),² Jamkhedkar attributed the inscription to Prabhāvatī Guptā (Jamkhedkar 1987a, 340), an attribution for which he adduced arguments in a subsequent article