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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Author | Dániel Balogh |
Print edition recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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Edition improved by | Dániel Balogh |
Authority for | Own research. |
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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. |
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Letter size | 0.6-1 |
Description | southern box-headed |
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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. |