Who was Goparaja in the context of the Eran inscription?

Goparaja was a general of the Gupta king Bhanugupta whose wife's self-immolation is recorded on the Eran pillar.

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2010

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ID: ANC_HIS_PMPG_2010_44 Ref: Standard Educational Reference

The first inscriptional evidence of the Satipratha has been found from-

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The first inscriptional evidence of the Sati pratha was found at Eran, Madhya Pradesh. The inscription, dated to 510 CE during the reign of Bhanugupta, records a widow immolating herself after her husband's death in battle.