The set of four copper plates was discovered by Shri Ramchandra Narayan Wakadiker whilst digging in the ramparts of Paunī. The charter was issued from Pravarapura and records the donation of land measuring 50 nivarttanas by royal measure to Duggāryya, a student of the Ṛigveda and part of the Aupamanyava gotra. According to the inscription the land is located in the ‘holy place of Achalapuka’ and was given in exchange for another plot of land. The grant was issued in the 32nd year of Pravarasena II’s reign and provides the last date for the rule of Pravarasena II, showing that he ruled at least 32 years.
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| Inscription ID | IN00188 |
| Title | Pauni Charter of Pravarasena II |
| Alternative titles | Pauni Plates of Pravarasena II |
| Parent Object | OB00175 |
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| 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 | Pravarasena II |
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| Topic | donation of land measuring 50 nivarttanas by royal measure to Duggāryya, a student of the Ṛigveda and part of the Aupamanyava gotra; according to the inscription the land is located in the ‘holy place of Achalapuka’ and was given in exchange for another plot of land |
| Date: | |
| Min | 442 |
| Max | 457 |
| Comment | Intrinsic Date: 32 jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa 3 (era: regnal, Pravarasena II of Nandivardhana). Basis of dating: approximate reign of Pravarasena II of the Pravarapura/Nandivardhana branch. |
| Hand | |
| Letter size | 0.5 |
| Description | southern box-headed |
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| Campus: | |
| Width | 16 |
| Height | 8.5 |
| Description | 42 lines of text (7 lines on each inscribed page) in an excellent state of preservation aside from some corrosion damage on plate 1 and plate 3 verso. Campus and character size are estimates. |
| Decoration | None. |
| Bibliography | |
| References | First reported in IAR 1967-68: 55 (No. 28). Edited in Kolte 1969 and Shrimali 1987: 69-71 (which is probably a reprint of Kolte in Vidarbha Samshodhak Mandal Annual, not Kolte 1969). Discussed in Shastri 1987: 56 and Shastri 1997: 97. |
| Add to bibliography | Edited (probably also by Kolte) in Vidarbha Samshodhak Mandal Annual (Vidarbha saṃśōdhana maṇḍala vārṣika)1967: 20-30. |
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