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Eran

Also known as Airikina

Eran is an archaeological site in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, central India, the ancient town of Airikina. It holds important Gupta-era monuments, including a pillar of Budhagupta and a colossal stone boar of Vishnu's Varaha incarnation inscribed in the first year of the Alchon Hun king Toramana. An inscription of 510 CE there records one of the earliest known instances of sati.

Eran
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Alchon Huns

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Eran. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/eran
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