Dear Arlo,

Thank you for confirming that it is Oriya. What does it say?

It’s from a curious international sculptural project in southern France called Les Lapidiales
https://www.lapidiales.org/
which I visited yesterday. Here is some context 


The inscriptions are at right and left. 

Matthew 

Matthew T. Kapstein
Professor emeritus
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris

Associate
The University of Chicago Divinity School

Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein

https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1

https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949


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On Wednesday, 04/01/26 at 05:43 Arlo Griffiths <arlogriffiths@hotmail.com> wrote:
It is modern Oriya language and script.

Location?

Arlo


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Pada 1 Apr 2026, pukul 05.09, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> menulis:


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Any ideas?



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