This charter, issued in the 19th year of Pravarasena II’s reign, records the donation of a piece of land in the north west of Matsakadraha village in honour of 19 Brāhmaṇas who are named in the inscription.

Bibliographic information

First reported in IAR 1972-73: 40 (No. 13). Edited (with photographs) in Shastri Gupta 1983a. Edition reprinted in Shrimali 1987: 65-69. Date corrected in Shastri Gupta 1984. Deemed a forgery (produced around 500 CE) in Vajpeyi 1989. Discussed in Shastri 1987: 50-51 and Shastri 1997: 90-91.

Inscription Concordance

IAR (1972-73) 40, no. 13

Shastri Gupta (1983a) 108-116

Shastri Gupta (1984) 114

Shastri (1987) 50-51

Shrimali (1987) 65-69

Vajpeyi (1989) 128-133

Shastri (1997) 90-91