The Gopika Cave Inscription, also called the Nagarjuni Hill Cave Inscription II of Anantavarman or formerly the Gya inscription, is a 5th- or 6th-century CE Sanskrit inscription in Late Brahmi found in the Nagarjuni hill cave of the Barabar Caves group in Gaya district, Bihar, India.
Gopika Shaktism-related Sanskrit inscription
The inscription (left half).
Entrance corridor of the Gopika cave, with the Gopika Cave Inscription of Anantavarman on the polished granite wall to the right.
Gopika Cave Inscription, with the original script in Late Brahmi, and proposed Devanagari line-by-line transliteration. This document was made by Charles Wilkins in 1785, who used the similarities between the script of the inscription and more recent scripts from Pala script down to modern Devanagari, as well as meters in versification, to decipher the inscription.
The Barabar Hill Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, dating from the Maurya Empire, some with Ashokan inscriptions, located in the Makhdumpur region of Jehanabad district, Bihar, India, 24 km (15 mi) north of Gaya.
The famous carved entrance of Lomas Rishi cave, dated to approximately 250 BC, making it the first known Maurya relief
Panorama of Barabar hill, with entrances to Sudama and Lomas Rishi caves
Entrances of Sudama Cave, and further, Lomas Rishi Cave, Barabar Hill
Unfinished interior (floor and ceiling) of Lomas Rishi cave. The rocky bumps left in the state on the ground appear in the farther left corner
