Supia

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Supia village is in Old Rewah State, in Madhya Pradesh.

Supia Stone Pillar Inscription of Skandagupta Gupta Year 141 (=A. D. 460)

From Supia the inscription, Supia Stone Pillar Inscription of the time of Skandagupta Gupta Year 141 (=A. D. 460), has been found.

We get information from this inscription:

  • Avadara (अवडर) (No. 46, L. 10): Kaivartti-sresthin is mentioned as the resident of Avadara. [1] Avadara is the only geographical name mentioned in the inscription. It appears to have been a locality near modern Supia, in Old Rewah State, from where the inscription has been found. The name is difficult to explain.[2]

References

  1. .Epigraphia Indica. XXXIII,Part 8, p. 308;Hz. p. 317
  2. Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions by Tej Ram Sharma, p.262