The charter records the donation of 25 bhūmis (nivartanas) in the village of Darbbhamalaka to Yakshārya and 60 bhūmis of land in the village of Karmakāra-grama to Kaliśarman. The land was donated in the 23rd year of Pravarasena II reign.
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| Inscription ID | IN00167 |
| Title | Dudia Charter of Pravarasena II |
| Alternative titles | Dudia Plates of Pravarasena II |
| Parent Object | OB00154 |
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| Responsibility | |
| 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 25 bhūmis (nivartanas) in the village of Darbbhamalaka to Yakshārya and 60 bhūmis of land in the village of Karmakāra-grama to Kaliśarman |
| Date: | |
| Min | 423 |
| Max | 448 |
| Comment | Intrinsic Date: 23 varṣā, 4th pakṣa, day 10 (era: regnal, Pravarasena II of Nandivardhana). Basis of dating: approximate reign of Pravarasena II of the Pravarapura/Nandivardhana branch. The date is given (line 28) as varṣa-pakṣe caturtthe divase daśame. Kielhorn 1894-95: 260 believes the date falls in Bhādrapada śuklapakṣa. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 0.6 |
| Description | southern box-headed |
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| Campus: | |
| Width | 18.5 |
| Height | 8.5 |
| Description | Inscribed only on the inner face of the first plate and on both faces of plates 2 to 3 (no text on plate 4). 6 lines on most pages, but 7 on 1 verso, and only 4 lines on 3 verso; the seal inscription is in 4 lines. The inscription is in an excellent condition. Campus size is estimated. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First reported and edited in Kielhorn 1894-95, re-edited in Mirashi 1963. Discussed in Shastri 1997: 25-27. |
| Add to bibliography | Hira Lal. (1932). Inscriptions. in C. P. and Berar, p. 93, no. 168. |
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