The charter was issued by Pravarasena II in the 27th year of his reign and is, according to Shastri 1963: 31, a unique charter in the Vākāṭaka examples because it provides for a free feeding house, attached to a temple as opposed to an individual donation of a land grant. The donation was made at the request of Nārāyaṇarāja.
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| Inscription ID | IN00170 |
| Title | Pattan Charter of Pravarasena II |
| Alternative titles | Pattan Plates of Pravarasena II |
| Parent Object | OB00157 |
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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 | provides for a free feeding house, attached to a temple |
| Date: | |
| Min | 427 |
| Max | 452 |
| Comment | Intrinsic Date: 27 kārttika kṛṣṇa 7 (era: regnal, Pravarasena II of Nandivardhana). Basis of dating: approximate reign of Pravarasena II of the Pravarapura/Nandivardhana branch. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 0.6 |
| Description | southern box-headed |
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| Campus: | |
| Width | 17.5 |
| Height | 10 |
| Description | Inscribed only on the inner face of the first and last plate and on both faces of the other plates. In a poor state of preservation. 6 lines on each page except 3 recto, which only has 5 lines. The seal inscription is in 4 lines. Campus size is shown as identical to plate size; character size is estimated. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First reported and edited in Mirashi 1935-36a, re-edited in Mirashi 1963. Discussed in Shastri 1997: 31-32. |
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