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Inscription ID IN00163
Title Siwani Charter of Pravarasena II
Alternative titles Siwani Plates of Pravarasena II; Seoni Grant
Parent Object OB00150
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Author Dániel Balogh
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Language संस्कृतम्
Reigning monarch
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Date:
Min 428
Max 443
Comment Intrinsic Date: 18 phālguna śukla 12 (era: regnal, Pravarasena II of Nandivardhana). Basis of dating: approximate reign of Pravarasena II of the Pravarapura/Nandivardhana branch.
Hand
Letter size 0.6
Description southern box-headed
Layout
Campus:
Width 20.5
Height 11
Description Inscribed only on the inner faces of the first and last plate, but on both faces of the other plates. 5 or 6 lines per page, but only 3 lines on the last. In excellent condition. Campus dimensions estimated.
Decoration None.
Bibliography
References First reported (with eye copy, transliteration and translation) in Prinsep 1836: 726-731. Translated in Bhau Daji 1861-63: 70-72. Re-edited in Fleet 1888 and Mirashi 1963. Discussed in Mirashi 1935 and Shastri 1997: 19-20.
Add to bibliography Hira Lal. (1932). Inscriptions. in C. P. and Berar, p. 69, no. 126.
Misc notes

The charter records the donation of the village Brahmapūraka, with the surrounding locations mentioned in the charter supporting Shastri’s belief (actually Mirashi’s) that the charter was originally from the Gondiā region of the Bhandara district. The plate is referred to as the Siwanī (Seoni) plate as this is the main town in the district, and as the original location of the inscription is not known. (Shastri 1997: 19-20)