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Text While the lateral face shows only two sequences of numbers, the principal face of the stela is engraved with five lines written in Old Cam.
Date 1170 Śaka (1248/9 CE).
Origin Cave of Po Gha (Xóm Bằng, Bắc Sơn, Thuận Bắc, Ninh Thuân, Vietnam).
The stela was found before 1992, with C. 221 and C. 222. In 2009, we observed it still in situ (see ECIC III: 466-475).
Edition(s) The present edition and translation after ECIC III: 473.
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English
Lord pañca Mr. Raghujaḥ, man of Pāṇḍuraṅgeśvara, has established this cave. In [the year of the] Śaka king 1170.
French
Le seigneur pañca monsieur Raghujaḥ, homme de Pāṇḍuraṅgeśvara, a établi cette grotte. En [l'année] 1170 du roi des Śaka.
We assume that the numbers engraved on the lateral face, of which the second seems to correspond to the one on the principal face, are trials by the lapicide.