This charter records the donation of a field ‘only for enjoyment’, a farm house and four residences of ploughmen in the administrative division of Kośika. The donation was made to the Brāhmaṇas of the Taittirīya śākhā of the Black Yajurveda and Parāśara gotra by Prabhāvatī Guptā in the 19th year of Pravarasena II’s reign. The charter includes reference to Prabhāvatī Guptā’s Gupta lineage alongside that of her Vākāṭaka heritage. The charter also includes a reference to Prabhāvatī Guptā’s two sons, both of whom were rulers Dāmodarasena and Pravarasena II (Shastri 1997: 21-23).
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| Inscription ID | IN00164 |
| Title | Riddhapur Charter of Prabhavatigupta |
| Alternative titles | Riddhapur Plates of Prabhāvatīguptā; Rithpur Copper-plate Inscription of Prabhāvatīguptā |
| Parent Object | OB00151 |
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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 |
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| Date: | |
| Min | 429 |
| Max | 444 |
| Comment | Intrinsic Date: 19 kārttika śukla 12 (era: regnal, Pravarasena II of Nandivardhana). Basis of dating: approximate reign of Pravarasena II of the Pravarapura/Nandivardhana branch. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 0.6-0.9 |
| Description | southern box-headed |
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| Width | 14.4 |
| Height | 9.3 |
| Description | Inscribed only on the inner faces of the first and last plate, but on both faces of the other plates. 6 lines per page, but only 5 on the first and 3 on the last. The characters on the first and last plate and in the first two lines of the recto face of the second plate are larger than the rest. In good condition. Campus dimensions estimated. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First reported and edited by Y. R. Gupte in Marathi in Bhārata Itihāsa Saṃśodhaka Maṇḍala Quarterly, vol. III (nos. 2-4), p89ff (publication year unknown). Reported in English in Gupte 1924a and Gupte 1924b. Re-edited in English in Gupte 1924c, and re-edited again in Mirashi 1963. Correction in Agrawal 1940: 58-59 and Agrawal 1986a: 27-28. Discussed in Shastri 1997: 20-23. |
| Add to bibliography | Hira Lal. (1932). Inscriptions. in C. P. and Berar, p. 139, no. 241; Jagan Nath, Journal of the U.P. Historical Society, Vol. XIII (1940) pt. II, pp. 97-98; B. Upadhyaya, SAII. pt. II, pp. 121-122. |
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