This plate, the fourth of a five plate charter, was discovered whilst digging for manganese in the Mānsar area. It is not know where the donated areas are or where the plate was issued.
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| Inscription ID | IN00173 |
| Title | Mansar Charter Fragment of a Vakataka Ruler |
| Alternative titles | Mansar Plate of Pravarasena II; Ramtek Plate of Pravarasena II |
| Parent Object | OB00160 |
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| Responsibility | |
| Author | Dániel Balogh |
| Print edition recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Digitally edited by | |
| Edition improved by | Dániel Balogh |
| Authority for | Own research. |
| Metadata recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Language | संस्कृतम् |
| Reigning monarch | |
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| Date: | |
| Min | 400 |
| Max | 499 |
| Comment | Basis of dating: palaeography, conjecture. Mirashi 1937b: 22 and Mirashi 1963: 74 assumes on the basis of palaeographic similarity that the plate was issued by Pravarasena II, but Shastri 1997: 37 cautions against taking this for granted. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 0.8 |
| Description | southern box-headed |
| Layout | |
| Campus: | |
| Width | 18.5 |
| Height | 10.5 |
| Description | Inscribed on both sides, with 5 lines per page. Probably in fairly good condition except for some corrosion damage. Campus and character size are estimates based on estimated plate size. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First reported with translation in Hira Lal 1916: 4-5. Studied in detail, without edition, in Mirashi 1937b. Edited in Mirashi 1963. Discussed in Shastri 1997: 36-37. |
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