The charter consists of five plates, but only three bear inscription and the attached seal is also without inscription. According to Shastri 1997: 70, this indicates that the charter was left unfinished. Mirashi 1963: 79 also states that the charter was left incomplete as it does not specify the donation. It does however record the planned place of issue, Pṛthivīṣeṇa II’s temporary residence at Vembāra, which Mirashi 1963: 80 has identified with the modern village of Bembāl, 28 miles east of Chandrapur and 2 miles west of the Waingaṅhā river. Although incomplete, the importance of the inscription lies in its mention of Pṛthivīṣeṇa II and his father Narendrasena II. Prior to the discovery of this charter, neither ruler was known as only grants of Pravarasena II were known before 1893. Because of this, the description of both Narendrasena II, Pravarasena II’s son (?) and Pṛthivīṣeṇa II were new contributions to the known Vākāṭaka history.
| Metadata | |
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| Inscription ID | IN00175 |
| Title | Balaghat Unfinished Charter of Prthivisena II |
| Alternative titles | Balaghat Plates of Prithivishena II |
| Parent Object | OB00162 |
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| Responsibility | |
| 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 | Pṛthivīṣeṇa II |
| Commissioner | |
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| Date: | |
| Min | 470 |
| Max | 510 |
| Comment | Basis of dating: approximate reign of Pṛthivīṣeṇa II. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 0.6 |
| Description | southern box-headed |
| Layout | |
| Campus: | |
| Width | 17 |
| Height | 9.5 |
| Description | Inscribed only on the inner face of the first and third plate and on both faces of the second (plates 4 and 5 are blank), with 8-9 lines per page. In a good state of preservation. Campus size and character size are estimates. The inscription is apparently unfinished, leaving empty space for dṛṣṭam at the beginning and ending abruptly in mid-sentence. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First reported and edited in Kielhorn 1907-08. Re-edited in Mirashi 1963. Correction proposed in Shastri 1975-76b: 172-173. Discussed in Shastri 1997: 37 and 70-77. |
| Add to bibliography | Hira Lal. (1932). Inscriptions. in C. P. and Berar, p. 18, no. 26. |
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