This inscription, of which only one plate is now known, records the donation of the village of Śrīparṇakā by Pravarasena II to three beneficiaries: Gaṅgārya, Vasurārya and Rudrārya. The charter was issued to replace an earlier grant of the village Māṇapallikā. The donation was made to augment the religious merit of Pravarasena II’s mother, Prabhāvatī Guptā, indicating that she is still alive at the time of issue. However, as only one of the plates of this grant is known, the date and place of issue is not known.
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| Inscription ID | IN00172 |
| Title | Balaghat Charter Fragment of Pravarasena II |
| Alternative titles | Patna Museum Plate of Pravarasena II |
| Parent Object | OB00159 |
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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 Śrīparṇakā by Pravarasena II to three beneficiaries: Gaṅgārya, Vasurārya and Rudrārya |
| Date: | |
| Min | 410 |
| Max | 460 |
| Comment | Basis of dating: approximate reign of Pravarasena II of the Pravarapura/Nandivardhana branch. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 0.8 |
| Description | southern box-headed |
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| Campus: | |
| Width | 18.8 |
| Height | 10.5 |
| Description | Inscribed on both sides, with 5 lines per page. In a good state of preservation. Campus size and character size are estimates. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First reported and edited (without facsimile) in Altekar 1928. Discussed, with identification of localities, in Mirashi 1936: 48-50. Re-edited in Mirashi 1963. |
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