This plate, which is unfinished, was found in the village of Mohallā in the Durg district of Chhattīsgaḍh. The details of the charter are not recorded in the inscription as it is not finished. According to Shastri, the plate is possibly dated to the reign of Pṛithivīṣeṇa I.
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| Inscription ID | IN00174 |
| Title | Mohalla Unfinished Charter of a Vakataka Ruler |
| Alternative titles | Mohalla Plate of Pṛthivīṣeṇa I; Durg Plate |
| Parent Object | OB00161 |
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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 | |
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| Date: | |
| Min | 350 |
| Max | 499 |
| Comment | Basis of dating: conjecture. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 0.7 |
| Description | southern box-headed |
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| Campus: | |
| Width | 19.5 |
| Height | 8.5 |
| Description | Inscribed on one side (presumed verso) only, with 5 lines. Very carefully engraved and in excellent condition. Campus and character size are estimates. The charter appears to be unfinished, with space left at the beginning for the word dṛṣṭam, and also some space left empty at the end. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First edited (with facsimile) by Mirashi in Bhārata Itihāsa Saṃśodhaka Maṇḍala Quarterly, vol. 15 (no further details known); this paper is reprinted(?) in Khare (1934): 1ff. Re-edited in Mirashi 1933-34c and in Mirashi 1963. Discussed in Shastri 1997: 6-9. |
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| Misc notes | Mirashi 1963: 77 believes the plate was issued by a successor of Pravarasena II, probably his son Narendrasena. Shastri 1997: 7-8 convincingly refutes this and believes the plate belongs to Pṛthivīṣeṇa I or Rudrasena II. |