The charter records the donation of the village Uṅguṇa (or Daṅguṇa) to Chanālasvāmin by Prabhāvatī Guptā during the 13th year of her reign as Regent for her minor son. The charter was issued from Nāndivardhana, the modern Nandardhan or Nāgardhan near Ramtek.
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| Inscription ID | IN00156 |
| Title | Pune Charter of Prabhavatigupta |
| Alternative titles | Poona Plates of Prabhāvatīguptā |
| Parent Object | OB00143 |
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| Author | Dániel Balogh |
| Print edition recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Edition improved by | Dániel Balogh |
| Authority for | Own research. |
| Metadata recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Language | संस्कृतम् |
| Reigning monarch | |
| Commissioner | Prabhāvatī Guptā |
| Topic | donation of the village Uṅguṇa (or Daṅguṇa) to Chanālasvāmin |
| Date: | |
| Min | 388 |
| Max | 408 |
| Comment | Intrinsic Date: 13 kārttika śukla 12 (era: regnal, ?Rudrasena II). Basis of dating: approximate reign of Rudrasena II. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 0.5-0.6 |
| Description | mixed northern and southern characters with nail heads and occasional box heads |
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| Campus: | |
| Width | 22 |
| Height | 13.5 |
| Description | 10 lines on the first plate and 12 on the second. The first plate is deeply and carefully engraved, but the second (with slightly smaller characters) is shallower and seems hurried. Campus dimensions estimated from plate size. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First reported (with transcript of seal text) in Pathak 1912. Historical interest discussed in Smith 1914: 320, 325-326. Edited (with rubbing) in Pathak Dikshit 1919-20. See also, Pandey 1962: 113-114. Discussed in Shastri 1997: 9-11. |
| Add to bibliography | B. Upadhyaya, SAII, pt. II, pp. 120-21; Hira Lal. (1932). Inscriptions. in C. P. and Berar, p. 3, no. 4. |
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