Paharpur charter (side 1).
Paharpur charter (side 2).
Abstract of the contents
Nâtha-śatmmâ. a Brâhmaṇa and Râmî, his wife, approach the District Officer and the City-Council headed by the Mayor (Nagara-Śrêshthî) at Puṇlravardhana with the request that in accordance with the procedure prevalent in the locality, they may be allowed to deposit three dînâras in return for 11 kulyrâpas of land distributed among 4 different villages to be endowed in perpetuity for the maintenance of requisites od the worship of Arhats such as sandal, incense, flower, lamos, etc., and for the construction of a resting place at the vihâra of the Jaina preceptor Guhanandî at Vaṭa-Gôhâlî. The details of the lands required were: ―Fields measuring 4, 4 and 2½ drôṇavâpas, respectively, at the villages of Pṛishṭhima-pôttaka, Gôshâṭapuñjaka and Nitva-Gôhâlî; home-stead land measuring 1½ drôṇavâpas at Vaṭa-Gôhâlî.
The Council, in the first instance, consulted the Board of Record-Keepers presided over by Divâkaranandin, who pointed out that there was no objection to the transaction, especially as, besides bringing some revenue to the treasury, it would entitle His Majesty to a sixth share of the religious merit accurinf from the endowment. The Council, therefore, decided to accept the offer of the Brâhmaṇa couple and recorded the transfer of land.
The village elders of the respective villages at which the lands in question were situated, were then asked by the Council to mark out the boundaries of the lands thus granted and maintain them in perpetuity. The date was the 7th day Mâgha, in the [Gupta] year 159. The usual imprecatory verses follow.