The pillar bears an inscription showing that it was erected during the reign of Budha Gupta, in the year 165 of the Gupta era, corresponding to A.D.

484-5.

This, and the other important remains of antiquity at Eran, are fully described in _A.

S.R_., vol.vii, p.
88; vol.x, pp.

76-90, pl.xxiii-xxx; and vol.xiv, p.