Alabaster pendant with inscription 22SH1G
Small albaster devout pendant engraved with early Devanagari script, one side meaning “Shri Aditya”, an invocation to Surya, the Sun God.
Found in Afghanistan.
Period of the Hindu Shahi kings that reigned over Kabulistan, circa 9th-10th century.
7 mm high x 21 mm long and 7 mm thick.