The charter records the donation of the village of Viśākhārya-vāṭaka located to the north of Āramāka, to Viśākhārya’s son Goṇḍārya and his sons Manorathārya, Govārya, Devārya, Bāppārya, Kumārārya and Droṇārya who lived in the village of Āramāka. The donation was granted by Pravarasena II and the Merchant Chandra in the 23rd year of Pravarasena II reign. According the Shastri the charter is interesting for a number of reasons – first there are numerous mistakes in the engraving and secondly because it appears that the charter is merely formalising an earlier grant, perhaps to Viśākhārya and confirming the donation to his son and grandsons.
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| Inscription ID | IN00166 |
| Title | Indore Incomplete Charter of Pravarasena II |
| Alternative titles | Indore Plates of Pravarasena II |
| Parent Object | OB00153 |
| Related Inscriptions | IN00165 |
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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 Viśākhārya-vāṭaka located to the north of Āramāka, to Viśākhārya’s son Goṇḍārya and his sons Manorathārya, Govārya, Devārya, Bāppārya, Kumārārya and Droṇārya who lived in the village of Āramāka |
| Date: | |
| Min | 423 |
| Max | 448 |
| Comment | Intrinsic Date: 23 vaiśākha kṛṣṇa 5 (era: regnal, Pravarasena II of Nandivardhana). Basis of dating: approximate reign of Pravarasena II of the Pravarapura/Nandivardhana branch. |
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| Letter size | 0.8 |
| Description | southern box-headed |
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| Width | 17.8 |
| Height | 9.5 |
| Description | Inscribed only on the inner face of the first and last plate but on both faces of the other plates. 7 lines per page, but only 6 on the obverse of plate 2. In good condition. There are practically no margins, so campus size is identical to plate size. The lost first plate would have held 6 or 7 lines. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First reported and edited in Bose 1937-38, re-edited in Mirashi 1963, discussed in Shastri 1997: 23-25. See also ARIE 1957-58: 15, no. 29, App. A, and Pandey 1962: 118-120. |
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| Misc notes | IN00165 may be the lost preamble of this inscription. |