According to the single plate of this charter, it was issued at Vatsagulma and starts immediately by citing Devasena’s order of the grant. The inscription records the donation of a village (unidentified) to two Brāhmaṇas Dharmasvāmin and Bhavasvāmin of the Śāṇḍilya gotra. According to Shastri 1997: 40-41, the exact location of the donated land is not known but may possibly be in the Akolā district.
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| Inscription ID | IN00177 |
| Title | India Office Charter Fragment of Devasena |
| Alternative titles | India Office Plate of Devasena |
| Parent Object | OB00164 |
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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 | Devasena |
| Commissioner | |
| Topic | donation of a village (unidentified) to two Brāhmaṇas Dharmasvāmin and Bhavasvāmin of the Śāṇḍilya gotra |
| Date: | |
| Min | 440 |
| Max | 480 |
| Comment | Basis of dating: approximate reign of Devasena. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 0.8 |
| Description | southern box-headed |
| Layout | |
| Campus: | |
| Width | 23.8 |
| Height | 5.8 |
| Description | Three lines of text inscribed on the (presumed) verso. Campus size and character height estimated. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First reported and edited in Randle 1939-40. Re-edited in Mirashi 1963. Discussed in Mirashi 1939-40, Shastri 1997: 40-41. |
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