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The Bob & Tom Show
Genre
Comedy, satire, talk
Running time
6:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. ET (Syndicated)
Country of origin
United States
Home station
WFBQ Indianapolis, Indiana
Starring
Tom Griswold
Chick McGee
Kristi Lee
Josh Arnold[1]
Bob Kevoian[2]
Produced by
Dean Metcalf
Original release
March 7, 1983[3] – present
Website
bobandtom.com
The Bob & Tom Show is a syndicated US radio program established by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold at radio station WFBQ in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 7, 1983, and syndicated nationally since January 6, 1995. Originally syndicated by Premiere Networks, the show moved to Cumulus Media Networks (now Westwood One) at the beginning of 2014.[4][5]
The program enjoys extensive popularity and has frequently received recognition by the National Association of Broadcasters as an exemplar in American radio.[6]
Contents
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1 About
2 History
3 Live shows
4 Characters
5 Show members
6 TV program
7 Public service
8 Awards
9 Discography
10 References
11 External links
About[edit]
"Focusing on comedy and talk, The Bob & Tom Show is a mash-up of news, sports, conversation, and interviews"[7] which airs new broadcasts every weekday morning live from 6 to 10 A.M. in the Eastern Time Zone (5–9 A.M. Central) or tape-delayed on affiliated stations in other time zones.[8] There is an additional weekday segment which airs between 10:00 and 10:20 A.M. ET only on home station WFBQ. As of February 13, 2017, the post-show segment airs only on select dates rather than daily.
Since January 31, 2011, The Bob & Tom Show has aired on the American Forces Radio Network as the morning show on AFN's Legacy Channel-The World's Classic Rock Station.[9] The Bob & Tom Show repurposes their live morning show as an overnight show called Bob & Tom All Nighter. All Nighter airs 12–5 A.M. on a few terrestrial affiliated stations and their streams.[10]
During the show, live or pre-recorded comic songs and skits are often played, including many from a huge library of archived pieces. There are frequent impromptu "calls" from numerous characters voiced primarily by Steve Salge, Ron Sexton, and Dean Metcalf.
Several guests usually join the primary cast each day in the studio or via phone or satellite, including numerous comedians who tour nationally. The show has frequently featured up-and-coming comedians who went on to become household names, including Ellen DeGeneres, Drew Carey, Louis CK, Jim Gaffigan, Daniel Tosh, George Lopez, Brad Garrett, Ron White,[11] and Tim Allen.[12]
Professional athletes (including frequent guest Pat McAfee and, in past years, Peyton Manning, Jeff Saturday, Reggie Miller, and numerous INDYCAR drivers), musicians, and actors from television and movies are also frequent Bob & Tom guests. The show has occasionally talked with national politicians, although those interviews generally steer clear of controversial issues. Nationally known authors including frequent guest John Feinstein have also been featured.
The show introduced the free Bob & Tom Show App for iOS and Android in early 2016,[2] through which users may hear live streams of new broadcasts on weekday mornings through affiliate stations[8] plus "B&T 24/7," a continuous stream of "Best of Bob & Tom" shows. This marked the first time that a stream of broadcasts from the show's archive became available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at no charge to listeners. Previously, "B&T 24/7" was available only to paid subscribers of the "VIP" feature at the show's web site.[13] "B&T 24/7" features segments recorded throughout the show's history, most featuring the original primary cast of Bob, Tom, Chick, and Kristi.
History[edit]
For most of The Bob & Tom Show’s 35+ year history, the cast consisted of hosts Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold, sports commentator and comic foil Chick McGee, news director Kristi Lee, and producer Dean Metcalf. Kevoian and Griswold originally teamed up in the early 1980s at Petoskey, Michigan station WJML[14] before being lured to WFBQ "Q95" Indianapolis in 1983 to host what was initially a music-heavy morning show.[15] After McGee (in 1986) and Lee (in 1988) joined the show, the primary cast that listeners would know for decades simply as “Bob, Tom, Chick, and Kristi” was set.
As the show became more popular and successful,[16] Mark Patrick, Dave Dugan, Whit Grayson, Steve Salge, and Ron Sexton joined the Bob & Tom staff to voice dozens of recurring fictional and parody characters. Salge and Sexton, along with Metcalf, are still active today as voices of most of the show’s fictional characters and callers.
On January 5, 1995,[17] Chick left The Bob and Tom Show to become co-host of a show called Kevin & McGee at KGB-FM in San Diego, California. After six months in San Diego, McGee returned on July 10, 1995 to his former job on The Bob & Tom Show.[18] Dave Wilson filled in for Chick at first[19] and then Gunner filled in for the rest of Chick's absence.
Steve Allee is the show's music director. He has co-produced more than 50 Bob & Tom albums over the past 25 years.[20]
In the early years of the show, Pat Carlini served as a fifth in-studio cast member, joining Bob, Tom, Chick, and Kristi during their second or third hour after Carlini completed her weather-casting and news anchor duties at WTHR television's morning news program.[21]
Since the show was first syndicated in January 1995, Dave "Gunner" Gunn sometimes filled in for Bob, Tom, Chick, or Kristi when one of them was absent. Additionally, for several days in May 2016, Gunner filled in while Chick was on vacation, which was Gunner's first appearance during all-new broadcasts in years. Subsequently, Gunner occasionally joined the cast, both to "run the board" (operate the broadcast studio's main audio mixing console, which Tom calls "master control") and to serve as an additional co-host.[22] Gunner served as the show's host during "Best of Bob & Tom" broadcasts when the primary cast was on vacation until the January 2017 debut of his sports-oriented morning show on sister station WNDE.[23] Hosting duties for "Best of" broadcasts have subsequently been handled by Christopher Geisen, formerly of WOFX-FM in Cincinnati, and the Kerrigan & Christopher morning show at WTUE in Dayton, Ohio, and now a member of the show's staff.
On September 1, 2015, Bob and Tom were selected as inductees to the National Radio Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony took place on November 5, 2015, at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in downtown Chicago. During his induction speech, Bob announced his retirement effective at the end of 2015.[24] [25] Bob's last day on the air was December 17, 2015. He planned to spend retirement traveling with his wife, Becky.[15]
Before Bob's retirement, Scott Potasnik ("P-taz") replaced Gunner as the fourth in-studio voice when Bob went on extended vacations or took Mondays off, and Potasnik remained an unofficial cast member for some time after Bob's retirement. Tom described "P-taz" as the show's "sex desk" correspondent and, after Bob's retirement, as its "fact checker." Potasnik's role with the show ended in early summer 2016.
During 2015 and 2016, the show frequently featured "guest hosts," usually comedians, as a fourth or fifth in-studio voice, sometimes for several days or weeks at a time. Josh Arnold served as a frequent guest host during spring and early summer of 2016 before being named a regular cast member on August 1, 2016.[1]
Kristi Lee announced on January 11, 2016, that she, too, had left the show, having last appeared on December 17, 2015.[26][27] She returned to the show on July 11, 2016, resuming her traditional news and commentary role.[28]
During Kristi's absence, Carlini had re-joined The Bob & Tom Show as news anchor (for all four hours each morning). After Kristi returned, Carlini appeared on a half-time basis for several days.
On November 17, 2016, Bob and Tom were reunited during their induction into the Indiana Broadcasters Hall of Fame.[29] On April 3, 2017, Bob made his first live on-air appearance[30] since his retirement for the show's annual Cincinnati Reds Opening Day broadcast.[31] On May 26, 2017, Bob made his second appearance and his first with Kristi Lee at the Indy 500 Carb Day show.[32]
The "master control" seat, historically occupied by Bob, had been filled after his retirement mostly by Bob and Tom staffers who did not speak on the air until Ace Cosby joined the show in 2017 as its in-studio engineer and occasional on-air contributor. Cosby joined Bob and Tom flagship WFBQ in the early 1980s as an on-air personality and helped Kristi get her first job at the station. Tom refers to him as "the legendary Ace Cosby" as an homage to Cosby's 30 years of popularity with Indianapolis-area listeners and personal relationships with numerous rock musicians.[33]
After Tom announced via social media[34] that Finley, his four-year-old daughter with Kelly McCarthy,[35] would be undergoing surgery for the removal of a benign brain tumor, The Bob & Tom Show announced that Bob would fill in for Tom during the show's regular broadcast on Friday, December 8, 2017.[36][37]
National radio syndicator Westwood One granted a multi-year contract extension on May 1, 2018, to The Bob & Tom Show.[38]
Live shows[edit]
The show's primary cast performed live on stage with guest comedians and live musicians at evening shows in venues around the country for several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Later, they supported the Friends of the Bob & Tom Show Comedy Tour,[39] which featured many of their frequent guests and spawned Comedy Central broadcasts and a DVD recording.
Characters[edit]
Many fictional characters and parodies of real-life people have sprung up during the show's history, some voiced by Bob Kevoian, Tom Griswold, Chick McGee, on-air producer Dean Metcalf, Steve Salge, and Ron Sexton.[40]
Recurring characters
Floyd the Truck Driver (Ron Sexton)
Jumbo the Elephant (Dean Metcalf)
Ernie Furglar (owner of Furglar's Hardware Store) (Steve Salge)
Herm Johnson (St. Petersburg snowbird) (Steve Salge)
Hadji (Marc Much)
Ian St. Ian (Dean Metcalf)
Doc Whiskey (Tom Griswold)
Dick Mango (Tom Griswold)
Rick (Ron Sexton)
Sid Gurney (Whit Grayson)
Bart McAllister (Dave Dugan)
Captain Dave – Captain of the Chum Dumpster (Steve Salge)
Coach Ralph Fontaine (Ron Sexton)
Kenny Tarmac (Ron Sexton) – embodies that annoying traveling salesman on a flight with an overinflated sense of self-worth who feels the need to demonstrate to everyone how important he is by loudly calling someone just as the plane lands. He always uses airport abbreviations while referring to his locations to further illustrate just how busy and important he is. He always calls Bob & Tom when he lands, and he always gets another call while talking to them. On a few occasions, while talking to Bob and Tom, he will run into a big-time client, whom Kenny cannot remember by name. During this time, he puts Bob and Tom on hold, while he tries to use his "Zig Ziglar bag of tricks" to get the client to reveal his name, usually failing.
Donnie Baker (played by Ron Sexton[41]) – regularly makes topical calls to the show and has a very authentic redneck accent. He relates anecdotes involving a good friend who had a semi-relevant experience, usually ending in a punch-line. Most of his calls are punctuated by a tagline like, "I swear to God" or "Look it up..." or "it's state law." Sometimes, Donnie is corrected, or told to get off the phone by Randy, his work supervisor (voiced by Matt Thompson), after which he always yells, "Shut up Randy!" His calls usually come to an abrupt end, and always by him saying, "...I gotta go." Donnie also appears with his band as "Donnie Baker and the Pork Pistols".
Mr. Obvious and the Caller (Chick McGee & Dean Metcalf) – A frequent skit subject on The Bob & Tom Show, Mr. Obvious is portrayed as a radio personality with his own show, The Mr. Obvious Show. He gives obvious and simple advice about whatever problem the caller may have. The caller always seems to be the same person, and opens the conversation with "Hi, Mr. Obvious. Long time listener, first time caller." From there, the caller will describe his issue and give symptoms to help Mr. Obvious figure out his problem. Most of the time, the caller's issue is something that anyone else could figure out, but he cannot. Mr. Obvious is played by Chick McGee, and the caller is played by Dean Metcalf.
Recurring parodies of real people and fictional characters
Bill Clinton (Steve Salge)
Sir Charles (Charles Barkley) (Ron Sexton)
Jack Bauer (from the TV series "24") (Steve Salge)
Joe Biden, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy are all voiced by the same comedian. (Steve Salge)
Morgan Freeman (as his character Red from the movie The Shawshank Redemption) (Ron Sexton)
James Gandolfini (as Tony Soprano) (Ron Sexton)
Sammy Davis, Jr. (Ricky Rydell)
Jerry Jones (Ron Sexton)
Larry King (Steve Salge)
Dr. Phil McGraw (Ron Sexton)
The Pope (always in a stereotypical Italian accent) (Dean Metcalf)
Steven Seagal and his fan (Ron Sexton)
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (Ricky Rydell)
Babe Ruth (Ron Sexton)
The show also takes calls from actual live listeners, plus miscellaneous "crazy listener" caricatures.
Show members[edit]
Current
Tom Griswold – Co-host
Chick McGee – Sports
Kristi Lee – News
Josh Arnold – Comedian
Former
Bob Kevoian – Co-host
Dave Gunn – Sports
Pat Carlini – News
Scott Potasnik – Comedian
Timeline
TV program[edit]
On November 3, 2008, WGN America began airing an hour-long TV show taken from the day's radio broadcast at Midnight ET Monday through Friday[42] (as of November 2009, it was moved to 2 a.m. ET). The program ended its run on WGN America on September 10, 2010, as part of an extensive revamp of the network's schedule.[43] As part of the deal, WTTV Indianapolis (another Tribune-owned station) would be the first to air the nightly one-hour telecast.
Public service[edit]
Over their career, the show has been actively involved in charitable work. Some of the albums they have produced since 1986 have been utilized to raise money for various charities. After the syndicated portion of their show ends at 10:00 a.m. Eastern they typically devote up to a half-hour to further interviews, often about local events, bands, and charities.
In October, it has become tradition for Chick to get a prostate exam on the air to raise awareness for prostate cancer. Bob and Tom used to promote this exam as "Proctober";[44] however, this exam is now "Rectember". The latest exam was held on September 6, 2011 with Gunner doing it.[45]
The Bob & Tom Show has produced seven CDs for the USO to include in holiday care packages sent to troops stationed worldwide.[46]
Bob and Tom had a friendly wager with former Indianapolis Colts center Jeff Saturday that if he ever got a touchdown they would donate $5,000 to the charity of his choice. During the 2006–07 NFL season, they increased the wager to $10,000. They assumed that they were safe since offensive linemen almost never score points in NFL games. In January 2007 in the AFC Championship game against the rival New England Patriots, on a play near New England's goal line, Dominic Rhodes carried into the middle of the line and fumbled. Saturday fell on the ball in the end zone for the touchdown.[47] Bob and Tom made good on their wager and donated $10,000 total with $5,000 each going to People's Burn Foundation of Indiana and Kid's Voice of Indiana, Inc.[48][49]
On May 9, 2014, Bob and Tom presented a comedy show as a tribute to the late Tim Wilson. All proceeds went to help with the education of Tim's son.[50]
Awards[edit]
In 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999,[51] and 2006,[52] Bob & Tom were recipients of the Marconi Award from the NAB.
From 1991 to 1998, Bob & Tom received The Billboard Magazine Radio Personality of the Year award.[53]
In 1994 and 2008, Bob & Tom were named Sagamores of the Wabash, the state of Indiana's highest honor.[54]
In 1996 and 2000, the show was awarded the National Chairman's Citation Award from the Leukemia Society of America.[55]
In 2000, 2001, and 2003, Bob & Tom received the Radio & Records Classic Rock Personality of the Year Award.[56]
Discography[edit]
100 (2016)[57]
The Free Laughs Collection (December 2013) (digital download)[58]
Don't Answer That! (December 2012)
Radio Chatter (November 2012 - eighth USO Care Package troop-only album)
Somewhere Over the Radio (November 2011)
Hot Air (November 2011 - seventh USO Care Package troop-only album)
Crushed Nuts (December 2010)
General Static (October 2010 - sixth USO Care Package troop-only album)
Dead Air (November 2009)
Radio Waves (October 2009 - fifth USO Care Package troop-only album)
As Big As a Hat (November 2008)
Greetings from the USA (October 2008 - fourth USO Care Package troop-only album)
My Job Sucks (June 2008)
State Law (November 2007 - part of WJL package)
We Just Landed! (November 2007)
Radio Rations (October 2007 - third USO Care Package troop-only album)
Please, Stand Up (album) (September 2007)
Bob and Tom: Comedy All Stars Tour DVD (2006)
Bob and Tom: Standup, Sitting Down DVD (2006)
Bob and Tom: The Comedy Tour Volume 1 DVD (2006)
Shut-Up Randy! (November 2006)
Man Boobs (November 2006)
Operation Radio (October 2006 - second USO Care Package troop-only album)
Donkey Show (July 2006)
The Donnie Baker Collection: Boat for Sale (November 2005)
Happy Hour (November 2005)
The Mr. Obvious Show (October 2005)
A Radio Institution (July 2005 - first USO Care Package troop-only album)
Sideshow (November 2004)
Bob and Tom: Home Movie DVD (November 2004)
Odd Balls (October 2004)
Mistletoe (December 2003)
Camel Toe (December 2003)
Wild About Harry (October 2003)
Uncensored (December 2002)
Gone Wild (December 2002)
Radiogram (December 2001)
We're Still Standing Tall (September 2001)
You Guys Rock! (December 2000)
The Election Collection 2000 (November 2000)
Take Off Your Clothes! (Fall 2000)
Indiana Rocks (April 2000)
Greatest Hits: Volume One (December 1999)
Back in '98 (December 1998)
Gimme an "F" (December 1997)
Fun House (August 1997)
It's a Wonderful Laugh (December 1996)
Factory Air (June 1996)
Planet Bob & Tom (December 1995)
Checkered Past (May 1995)
Canned Laughter (December 1994)
Good Ol' Boys (August 1994)
Air Bags (May 1994)
Lollapaloozers (December 1993)
Laugh in the Fast Lane (May 1993)
We Three Kings (December 1992)
Motorheads (Spring 1992)
Air Heads (December 1991)
Just Skiddin' (May 1991)
Twin Geeks (December 1990)
Good Morning Saudi Arabia (cassette) (November 1990)
Find My Keys and We'll Drive Out! (May 1990)
With a Little Help From Our Friends (December 1989)
It’s A New Track Record! (May 1989)
Last Train To Whiskeyville (December 1988)
A Day at the Race (cassette) (May 1988)
I Spent The War In Indiana / Oh Danny Quayle (cassette single) (1988)
Shabbey Road (December 1987)
The White Album (December 1986)
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External links[edit]
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The Bob & Tom Show
Hosts
Tom Griswold
Chick McGee
Kristi Lee
Josh Arnold
Previous hosts
Bob Kevoian
Scott Potasnik
Pat Carlini
Dave Gunn
Albums
100
The Free Laughs Collection
Don't Answer That!
Radio Chatter
Somewhere Over the Radio
Hot Air
Crushed Nuts
General Static
Dead Air
Radio Waves
As Big as a Hat
Greetings from the USA
My Job Sucks
State Law
We Just Landed!
Radio Rations
Shut-Up Randy!
Man Boobs
Operation Radio
Donkey Show
The Donnie Baker Collection: Boat for Sale
Happy Hour
The Mr. Obvious Show
A Radio Institution
Sideshow
Odd Balls
Mistletoe
Camel Toe
Wild About Harry
Uncensored
Gone Wild
Radiogram
We're Still Standing Tall
You Guys Rock
The Election Collection 2000
Take Off Your Clothes!
Indiana Rocks
Greatest Hits: Volume One
Back in '98
Gimme an "F"
Fun House
It's a Wonderful Laugh
Factory Air
Planet Bob & Tom
Checkered Past
Canned Laughter
Good Ol' Boys
Air Bags
Lollapaloozers
Laugh in the Fast Lane
We Three Kings
Motorheads
Air Heads
Just Skiddin'
Twin Geeks
Find My Keys and We'll Drive Out!
With a Little Help from Our Friends
It's a New Track Record!
Last Train to Whiskeyville
A Day at the Race
Shabbey Road
The White Album
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This article is about an ancient town in Madhya Pradesh, India. For other uses, see ERAN (disambiguation).
Eran
Mandapa of the Vishnu Temple at Eran
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Location
Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates
24°05′38″N 78°10′22″E / 24.093846°N 78.172695°E / 24.093846; 78.172695Coordinates: 24°05′38″N 78°10′22″E / 24.093846°N 78.172695°E / 24.093846; 78.172695
Eran is an ancient town and archaeological site in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, India.[1] It was one of the ancient mints for Indian dynasties as evidenced by the diverse coins excavated here. The site has Gupta era temples and monuments, particularly the colossal stone boar with sages and scholars depicted on the body of the sculpture.[1] The inscription stones found at Eran are important to reconstructing the chronology and Gupta Empire history. Eran or Erakina was the capital of Erakina (Airikina) Pradesha or Airkina Vishaya, an administrative division of the Gupta empire.[2]
Contents
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1 Etymology
2 Location
3 History
4 Description
4.1 Temples
4.1.1 Pillar
4.1.2 Varaha temple
4.1.3 Vishnu temple
4.1.4 Narasimha temple
4.1.5 Hanuman temple
4.2 Coins
4.3 Inscriptions
4.3.1 Inscription of Samudragupta
4.3.2 Inscription of Budhagupta (484–485 CE)
4.3.3 Inscription of Toramana
4.3.4 Inscription of Sati stones
5 See also
6 References
6.1 Bibliography
7 External links
Etymology[edit]
The ancient name of Eran (Sanskrit: ऐरण), Erakaina, Erakanya or Erakina (as mentioned in the inscriptions);[1] Airikina (Sanskrit: ऐरिकिण, as mentioned in the inscription of Samudragupta) or Erikina (as mentioned in the inscription of Toramana)[3] is derived from Eraka. The word erakā probably refers to a tall grass commonly called the Elephant cattail, botanical name Typha elephantina,[4] which grows at Eran in abundance.[5]
Location[edit]
Eran archaeological site map, 1880 sketch
Eran is located on the south bank of Bina River in Madhya Pradesh.[1] It is about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north-northeast of the ancient Vidisha-Sanchi-Udayagiri site, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Sagar, and about 160 kilometres (99 mi) northeast of Bhopal. At the site, the river makes an inverted "U" turn, surrounding it with water on three sides, which Cunningham stated made it "a very favorite position for Hindu towns".[1] The terrain is forested and hilly, with high grounds shielding the south of the Eran town.[1]
History[edit]
Eran is an ancient city, one that finds mention as Erakaina or Erakanya in Buddhist and Hindu texts, on ancient coins and inscriptions nearby and distant sites such as Sanchi. It is now a small town surrounded by many mounds, likely archaeological remains of its distant past. The archaeological site nearby Eran has revealed several Gupta Empire era inscriptions. The town of Eran has a museum with a collection of archaeological relics.
Description[edit]
The pillar at Eran Hindu temples, a sketch made in 1850.
Temples[edit]
A group of ancient Hindu temples are located to the west of the Eran town. These are not aligned to the east or any cardinal direction, but to 76 degrees, or about 14 degrees off towards north from east. This suggests that they likely date to the Gupta period. According to Cunningham, this deliberate shift for all the temples and some other Gupta era Hindu temple sites may be to match the one nakshatra measure (lunar movement in one day), or one twenty-seventh part of 360 degrees.[6]
All the temples have a rectangular or square plan and they are in a row.[6]
Pillar[edit]
Pillar: It is exactly 75 feet (23 m) in front of the line of temples. The 43 feet (13 m) high monolith pillar stands on a square platform of 13 feet (4.0 m) side. The bottom 20 feet (6.1 m) of the pillar are of square cross-section (2.85 feet side), the next 8 feet (2.4 m) is octagonal. Above it is a capital in the shape of a reeded bell of 3.5 feet (1.1 m) height and 3 feet (0.91 m) diameter. On top of the capital is an abacus of 1.5 feet (0.46 m) height, then a cube of 3 feet (0.91 m) and finally a male figure 5 feet (1.5 m) high with a halo behind his head. The male figure is depicted as two fused people, sharing the back, each looking over their 180 degree space, one with the temples, the other towards the town.[6] Near the platform, on the side facing the temples, is a Sanskrit inscription. It mentions the year 165 and the Hindu calendar month of Ashadha, and dedication to Vishnu-Janardhana whose vahana is Garuda. The Gupta year 165 implies that the pillar was dedicated in 484/485 CE.[6] The pillar is sometimes referred to as the Buddhagupta pillar or Bhima pillar.
Varaha temple[edit]
The most unusual and remarkable temple is dedicated to the Varaha avatar of Vishnu. Typically, Varaha is presented in Hindu temples as a man-boar avatar. In Eran, it is a colossal theriomorphic representation of the Varaha legend, which Catherine Becker calls an "iconographic innovation".[7][8]
Eran colossal boar statue
Ruins with broken pillars in 1892
The boar is made of stone, but the intricate carving of the surface of its body, a goddess hanging by its right tusk, inscriptions and other details make the statue a symbolic narrative.[8] The Eran site is in ruins, but there is enough remnants that suggest that the site was far more complex and developed. Currently, the boar stands in open, but the foundation and stumps around it confirm that around it were walls and mandapa that formed a complete temple. Scholars debate what the shape of the temple would have been.[8] Cunningham, the first archaeologist to write a systematic report, suggested a rectangular shrine.[7] Later scholars such as Catherine Becker suggests that it was likely larger, more along the lines of one found in Khajuraho shrine for Varaha.[8]
Colossal Varaha
The Eran Varaha boar statue with ruins in late 19th-century, showing the relief on the boar's body.
The Colossal Varaha at Eran is the earliest known completely theriomorphic iconography for the Varaha avatar of Vishnu.[8] The scene shown is the return of Varaha after he had successfully killed the oppressive demon Hiranyaksha, found and rescued goddess earth (Prithivi, Bhudevi), and the goddess is back safely. The Eran Varaha statue is significant for several reasons:[8]
it shows the importance and popularity of Vaishnavism and its legend of Vishnu avatars
the statue includes goddess earth hanging by the boar's right tusk; she has a tidy hairdo bun, has a turban that is bejeweled, her face calm
the floor is carved to depict the ocean (samudra) with serpents and sealife, a reminder of the oppressive demon who attacks dharma legend
on the body of the Varaha are carved sages and saints of Hinduism identified by their simple robes, pointy beards and hair knotted up like sadhus, by they holding kamandalu water pot in one hand and with a yoga mudra in the other, symbolizing knowledge needing protection and god's benevolence when attacked by the oppressive demon Hiranyaksha
the Varaha's tongue is sticking out slightly, on it is standing a small goddess who has been interpreted as Saraswati (or Vedic goddess Vac)[8]
in his ears are shown celestial musicians
he wears a roundels garland on his shoulders and neck, these add up to 28 matching the 5th-century astronomy that used 28 major stars to divide the night skies into constellations; each of the roundels has miniature carvings with male and female figures
the artists made the teeth of the boar humanlike, his eyes too are made to depict compassion
on its front chest is the Toramana inscription which confirms that the Hunas has invaded the northwest, displaced Gupta Empire authority, and their brief rule over the northwest and central India had begun in early 6th-century
below the inscription are more Hindu sages, further below is ruined fragment that probably was an anthropomorphic carving of Vishnu to explicitly link the Varaha's underlying identity, states Becker.[8]
The temple was built by king Dhyana Vishnu. Cunningham and others found it in ruins with pillars broken that suggest its destruction at some point rather than natural erosion. The boar stood on. It is 13.83 feet (4.22 m) long, 11.17 feet (3.40 m) high and 5.125 feet (1.562 m) wide. It was inside a sanctum. Cunningham states that there was also a mandapa in front because of the ruins of pillars he saw. He found two carved 10 feet high pillars which were "remarkably fine specimens of Hindu decorative art".[7]
The pillar design at two Eran temples. Left: Varaha temple pillar; Right: Narasimha temple.
About 33 feet (10 m) in front of what is now the Varaha platform, there is another stone 6 feet by 3.5 feet. It is aligned with the temple alignment and set into the ground. On it is a large shell script inscription that remains undeciphered. It is probably the stone that formed the original temple's entrance. About 15 feet (4.6 m) in front of this entrance stone is the ruined leftovers of a torana (Hindu arched gateway). The gateway pillars are broken, but one of them survives and it is ornamented ("G" in the plan drawings). Cunningham searched for broken parts of the pillars, but only found a few broken statues and most of the torana pillars gone.[7][8]
Next to the Varaha temple remnants are two terraces, one to the south that is 13 feet (4.0 m) sided square, another 13.5 feet (4.1 m) by 9.25 feet (2.82 m). These were likely temples too, but they are lost.[7]
Vishnu temple[edit]
The Vishnu Temple is to the north of the Varaha temple. It has a damaged colossal statue of Vishnu that is 13.17 feet (4.01 m) high.[9] This temple is also mostly ruined, but shows signs of having a sanctum, a mandapa and all the elements of a Hindu temple. Just like the Varaha temple, the Vishnu temple had intricately carved pillars, but with a different design.[9] Parts of the door jamb before the sanctum have survived, and these show the traditional river goddesses Ganga and Yamuna as flanking the sanctum entrance, but they are positioned nearer to the floor like late Gupta era temples. Cunningham dated this temple as probably built in 5th or 6th century, about two or three centuries after the neighboring early Gupta era Varaha temple.[9] The remnants of the entrance, wrote Cunningham, are "lavishly decorated", with the surviving reliefs showing daily life and rites-of-passage scenes.[9] Near the temple are ruins of a gateway and other monuments, including one which was likely a Vamana temple. According to Cunningham, one of the smaller shrine monuments had a man-boar sculpture which he located in the town of Eran.[9]
Narasimha temple[edit]
The Narasimha Temple is the northernmost substantial structure ruins in the group, though there were additional temples according to excavations by Cunningham. The Narasimha temple was a single room of 12.5 feet by 8.75 feet with a mandapa in front on four pillars. These pillars are now missing, but the remnants on the plinth confirm that they once did. The broken pillars found at the site among the ruins, and who dimensions match the leftover plinth profile, show that the pillars were intricately carved. The sanctum had a 7 feet (2.1 m) high Narasimha statue, the man-lion avatar of Vishnu.[10]
Hanuman temple[edit]
Old Temple of Lord Hanuman: Nagari Style Temple, About 750 CE.[citation needed]
Temple plans
The body of the stone boar statue has carvings of sages and scholars.
Coins[edit]
Eran was likely one of the ancient mints for Indian kingdoms, along with Vidisha, Ujjain, and Tripuri. A large number of antique coins, of different styles, shapes and inscriptions spanning the last few centuries of the 1st millennium BCE through the 7th-century have been discovered here.[1][11] Over 3,000 coins found here have been dated to between 300 BCE to 100 CE. Square coins were Eran's specialty and these predominate in excavated discoveries. According to Brown, the ancient Erakina or Eran mint innovated the "die-method" a far more perfect technique to make coins than "punch-marked coins", thereby distinguishing itself.[12] Cunningham, a late 19th-century archaeologist, states that "copper coins of Eran are the finest specimen" that he found across India, as well "remarkable also for presenting the largest and smallest specimens of old Indian money". The largest coin has measured about 1.1 inches (28 mm) and the smallest about 0.2 inches (5.1 mm) in diameter.[13] Cunningham grouped the found coins in four:[13]
Punch-marked coins
Cast coins
Die struck coins
Inscribed coins
The common motifs on the coin include goddess Lakshmi seated with two elephants flanking her as if spraying water, horses, elephants, bull, trees (probably Bodhi), flowers particularly lotus, swastikas, rivers, Buddhist symbols such as dharmachakra and tri-ratna, triangles. Almost all coins, states Cunningham, show an unusual symbol consisting of a cross with circle in four sections.[13]
One of the coins found in Eran with name Dharmapala stamped on it in Brahmi script. This copper coin is presently displayed in British Museum, London.[citation needed] This, stated Cunningham in 1891, is among the earliest inscribed coins in India.[14] On the paleographic grounds this coin has been assigned to the late 3rd century BCE. Another circular lead piece bearing the name of another ruler "Indragupta", assignable to the same period has been discovered at Eran. Several inscribed copper coins bearing the name 'Erakannya' or 'Erakana' in the Brahmi script have also been found at Eran.[15] Cunningham proposed that the symbol of the river represent the river Bina on which the village stands. He also surmised that the semi-circle on the coins was representative of the old Eran town. Which was probably so shaped.[citation needed]
Bronze coin of Eran of the 3rd Century B.C was found at Sulur, in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu in one of the excavations.[16]
Eran Vidisha coin.
Eran coin (2nd century BCE).
Coin of Buddhagupta in Malwa (476-495 CE)[citation needed]
Inscriptions[edit]
Inscription of Samudragupta[edit]
The Eran Inscription of Samudragupta (336-380 CE) is presently stored in Kolkata Indian Museum. The inscription, in red sandstone, was found not far to the west of the ruined temple of the boar. Though damaged and much of the inscription is missing, this was a significant find, states Cunningham, because on it are numeral scripts, with at least "2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7" preserved.[10]
Eran inscription of Samudragupta.
Inscription of Budhagupta (484–485 CE)[edit]
leftBudhagupta pillar inscription at Eran.
The Budhagupta inscription is dated to 484–485 CE. It is s Vaishnava inscription. It describes that the Gupta kingdom stretched from Kalindi River to Narmada River, that the inscription marks the raising of a flagstaff at a Vishnu temple.Fleet (1888), p. 90
Inscription of Toramana[edit]
Main article: Eran boar inscription of Toramana
The Eran boar inscription of Toramana is a stone inscription with 8 lines of Sanskrit, first three of which are in meter and rest in prose, written in a North Indian script. It is carved on the chest of a freestanding 11 feet (3.4 m) high red sandstone boar statue, a zoomorphic iconography of Vishnu avatar, and dated to the 6th century. The inscription names king Toramana, a descendant of Alchon Huns heritage, as ruling over Malwa ("governing the earth") and records that a Dhanyavishnu is dedicating a stone temple to Narayana (Vishnu).[17][18]
Inscription of Sati stones[edit]
Eran stone pillar inscription of Bhanugupta.
The fourth inscription is badly damaged, but important. The inscription mentions Bhanugupta. It also mentions the death of chieftain or noble Goparaja in a battle the 191st year without mentioning calendar system. This is generally accepted as Gupta era 191, or 510 CE. It also mentions that at the cremation of Goparaja. This, states Shelat, is one the earliest recorded instances of Sati.[19] Cunningham did not comment on this Bhanugupta-Goparaja inscription, but did comment on three Sati stones he found and stated that earliest Sati stone monument he found is from Samvat 1361 (1304 CE).[20] The Bhanugupta inscription does not use the word sati or equivalent and the inscription was interpolated by Fleet in the first edition, later revised in the second edition:
Line 7 (actual surviving inscription): bhakt=anurakta cha priya cha kanta bhr=alag=anugat=agirsim

Line 7 (Fleet's interpolation): bhakt=anurakta ch priya cha kanta bh[a]r[y]=a[va]lag[n]=anugat=ag[n]ir[a]sim

Fleet's translation (1st edition): and (his) devoted, attached, beloved, and beauteous wife, in close companionship, accompanied (him) onto the funeral pyre.[21]

Fleet's translation (2nd edition): and (his) devoted, attached, beloved, and beauteous wife, clinging (to him), entered into the mass of fire (funeral pyre).[22]
Eran site has yielded additional sati stones. Alexander Cunningham mentioned three inscribed Sati stones in and around the Eran site including villages across the river in his archaeological survey report for 1874-1875. With inscriptions on them, he dated the first one to the reign of Sultan Mahmud Khilchi of Mandugar-durg and Chanderi, the second to 1664 CE during the reign of Patisahi Sahi Jahan who Cunningham speculated was likely a jagir and noble in court of Shah Jahan, and a third stone he dated to 1774 CE during the rule of Pandit Balwant Rau Govind and Balaji Tuka Deva.[20]
See also[edit]
Dasharna
History of Madhya Pradesh
References[edit]
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Bibliography[edit]
Bajpai, Krishnadutta D. (1967). Sagar Through the Ages. New Delhi.
Bajpai, Krishnadutta D. (1996). Indian Numismatic Studies. New Delhi.
Bajpai, Krishnadutta D. (2003). S. K. Bajpai, ed. Indological Researches in India: Selected Works of Prof. K. D. Bajpai. Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers. ISBN 81-7854-025-8.
Fleet, J. F. (1888). Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum. 3. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publications Branch. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links[edit]
Characterization of ancient Indian iron from Eran
Indian Epigraphy By D. C. Sircar
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