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2010
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UPSC LevelID: 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.