The inscription, incised on seven plates and with an attached seal, records the donation of the village of Carmāṅkā (the modern चामक) by Pravarasena II at the request of Koṇḍarāja. The donation was given to 1,000 Brāhmānas of various sects and schools, and the charter lists 49 of these donees by name. The charter was issued in the 18th year of Pravarasena II reign.
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| Inscription ID | IN00162 |
| Title | Cammak Charter of Pravarasena II |
| Alternative titles | Chammak Plates of Pravarasena II, Chamak Plates of Pravarasena II |
| Parent Object | OB00149 |
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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 | Pravarasena II |
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| Topic | donation of the village of Charmāṅka by Pravarasena II at the request of Koṇḍarāja to 1,000 Brāhmānas of various sects and schools |
| Date: | |
| Min | 428 |
| Max | 443 |
| Comment | Intrinsic Date: 18 jyeṣṭha śukla 13 (era: regnal, Pravarasena II of Nandivardhana). Basis of dating: approximate reign of Pravarasena II of the Pravarapura/Nandivardhana branch. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 0.4 |
| Description | southern box-headed; the box heads are hollowed out except in lines 58 and 59 |
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| Width | 18.5 |
| Height | 8.2 |
| Description | Inscribed only on the inner faces of the first and last plate, but on both faces of the other plates. Generally in very good condition, with some corrosion damage on the first and last plates. Five lines on most pages, with six on 3 verso and 4 recto, and only four on 6 verso. Four lines on the seal. Campus dimensions and character size estimated. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First noticed, with transcript by Bhagwanlal Indraji, in Burgess 1879: 54-57. Re-edited by Bühler in Burgess 1883: 116-124; the same also published as Bühler 1883. Re-edited in Fleet 1888, and again in Mirashi 1963. Discussed in Vajpeyi 1985, Shrimali 1987: 40-41 and Shastri 1997: 16-19. |
| Add to bibliography | Hira Lal. (1932). Inscriptions. in C. P. and Berar, p. 139, no. 242; B. Upadhyaya, SAII. pt. II pp. 122-25. |
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