 The inscription is also evidence and floruit that Vedic ideas were revered in at least the northern parts of the Deccan region before the 1st-century BCE.They confirm that Vedic srauta sacrifices remained in vogue among the royal families through at least the 1st-century BCE.The Naneghat cave is also evidence that Hindu dynasties had sponsored sculptures by the 1st-century BCE, and secular life-size "murti" (pratima) tradition was already in vogue by then.