This charter records the donation of the village Ākāsapadda to fourteen Brāhmaṇas by Vindhyaśakti II. The charter records the names of the Brāmaṇas and the share of the village which they were given. According to Shastri 1997: 39, the charter is important in that it proves that Pravarasena I, who ruled as part of the undivided family, had at least four sons who all became kings, which until the discovery of this charter had not been satisfactorily proven.

Bibliographic information

First reported and edited with facsimile in Deshpande Mahajan 1939. Re-edited in Sircar 1941, Mirashi Mahajan 1941-42 and in Mirashi 1963. Discussed in Sircar 1940, Sircar 1941-42b, Pandey 1962: 111-113 and Shastri 1997: 37-40.

Inscription Concordance

Deshpande Mahajan (1939) 449-460

Sircar (1940) 182-186

Sircar (1941) 110-116

Mirashi Mahajan (1941-42) 137-155

Sircar (1941-42b) 394-396

Pandey (1962) 111-113

Mirashi (1963) 93-101, no. 23

Sircar (1965) (vol. 1) 430-435, bk. III, no. 59

Shastri (1997) 37-40