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.

Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu. Inscriptions of the Vakāṭakas. Ootacamund: Government Epigraphist for India, 1963.

Hail! From Vâtsyagulma―By the order of the illustrious Dêvasêna, the Mahârâja of the Vâkâakas

In Nângarakaaka, in the Northern subdivision (mârga), Our touring Officers of noble birth such as soldiers, Bhôjakas and Dandanâyakas should be adressed (as follows)

(Line 2) This village Yappajja (has been granted by Us) to Dharmasvâmin of the Śândilya gôtra and to Bhavasvâmin

(The subsequent plates of the grant are not forthcoming)

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