The copper plates date to year 23 of Pravarasena II and record the donation to Varuṇārya, a resident of Cāndrapura, of the village Kosambakhaṇḍa in order to gain religious merit for both Pravarasena II and his mother Prabhāvatī Guptā.
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| Inscription ID | IN00168 |
| Title | Tirodi Charter of Pravarasena II |
| Alternative titles | Tirodi Plates of Pravarasena II |
| Parent Object | OB00155 |
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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 |
| Commissioner | Pravarasena II |
| Topic | donation to Varuṇārya, a resident of Chāndrapura, of the village Kosambakhaṇḍa in order to gain religious merit for both Pravarasena II and his mother Prabhāvatī Guptā |
| Date: | |
| Min | 423 |
| Max | 448 |
| Comment | Intrinsic Date: 23 māgha kṛṣṇa 12 (era: regnal, Pravarasena II of Nandivardhana). Basis of dating: approximate reign of Pravarasena II of the Pravarapura/Nandivardhana branch. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 0.6-1 |
| Description | southern box-headed |
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| Campus: | |
| Width | 18.5 |
| Height | 9.5 |
| Description | Inscribed only on the inner face of the first and last plate and on both faces of plates 2 and 3. 6 lines on most pages, but only 5 on both faces of plate 3 and 4 lines on plate 4. The seal inscription is in 4 lines. The inscription is mostly in an excellent condition. Campus size is estimated. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First reported and edited in Mirashi 1933-34b, re-edited in Mirashi 1963. Discussed in Shastri 1997: 27-29. |
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| Misc notes | According to Mirashi, the charter was written following the direct order of Pravarasena II. |