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Dhār (Madhya Pradesh). Fragment of a Prakrit poem recording the defeat of Karnāṭaka. (Courtesy ZENODO).

Working copy based on transcription prepared by Andrew Ollett (2025)

The charter on which this grant is incised (with its companion grant OB060015) consists of two plates. The descriptive metadata is given in Trivedi (1978).

Harsōlā (Grant A). First plate (OB060014a), inscribed on inner side only. (Courtesy: CII 7).

Harsōlā (Grant A). Second plate (OB060014b), inscribed on inner side only. (Courtesy: CII 7).

Salkanpur (Dist. Dhār). Inscription on the base of a Jain image dated VS 1299. (Courtesy ZENODO).

(Working transcription pending preparation of critical and diplomatic editions 12/2025)

Pending preparation of editions in EpiDoc based on a return to the original inscription, a working transcription is given here based on Pischels’ published reading. This includes a diplomatic edition and, under the translation tab, the poem verse-by-verse with a reconstructed ‘Indological’ reading, possible Sanskrit chāyā and translation.

Udayeśvara temple, east side, mukhamaṇḍapa. Courtesy Zenodo.

Inscription in the southern forehall (mukhamaṇḍapa) of the Udayeśvara temple at Udaypur, district Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh. It is engraved on the side of a sculptured balustrade (vedikā) visible to the right of the entrance passage. The record is badly weathered on the sides but contains six lines written in devanāgarī script. It refers to a jātrā, i.e. yātrā festival and pilgrimage by one Harirāja (?) on Thursday, second day of the dark lunar fortnight of Māgha in the expired Vikrama year 1394, which gives the date 8 January 1338 CE. 

Udaypur (Madhya Pradesh). Stepwell inscription in Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit.

On a stone slab affixed into the right side wall of a stepwell known as Qanungo Baoli, located on the eastern outskirts of Udaypur, Vidisha District, Madhya Pradesh. A tri-lingual inscription of 13 lines carved in relief with the first three lines written in Arabic and Persian in nastaʿlīq script, and the next ten lines written in Sanskrit in nāgarī script. It records the construction of the stepwell by Gokuladāsa and Dāmodaradāsa, sons of Qānungo Haridāsa of Māthura kāyastha family, during the reign of Mughal emperor Shāhjahān (r. 1628-58). The date is given in three different eras—vikrama saṃvat 1701, śaka 1566 and hijri 1054—equivalent to Friday, 13 January, 1645 CE.

Dhār Inscription of Dilāwar Khān dated AH 795.

Dhār (Madhya Pradesh). Inscription slabs in the precinct of the tomb of Kamāl Maula Chishti.