This set of five copper plates were discovered during archaeological excavations undertaken at Māṇḍhaḷ by the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Nagpur University. These plates were discovered with two other Vākāṭaka copper plate charters (IN00183 and IN00189). Each charter was complete with ring and seal attached. This charter, inscribed on four plates, records the donation of the village Govasāhikā to four Brāhmaṇas, including two – Maheśvarasvāmin and Brahmasvāmin – who are also mentioned in the Māṇḍhaḷ copper plate charter of Pṛithivīṣeṇa II, year 2 (IN00189). Shastri (1997: 99-103) argues that the three plates found at this site record donations by two Vākāṭaka kings to two generations of the same family.

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seal.1narendrasena-sat sūnoḥ
seal.2bhartu(r) vā(k)ā(ṭa)ka-śriyaḥ
seal.3pṛrithivīiṣeṇna-nṛpateḥ
seal.4{-rj}jigīiṣor jjaya-śāsana[+M]

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<1>1be(ṇṇā)taṭa-sthānād-agniṣṭṣāmāaptoryyāmoktthya-ṣoḍaśy-atirātra-vājapeya-
<2>2bṛhaspati-sava-sādyaskra-catur-aśva-mevodha-yājienaḥ viṣṇuovṛddha-sagotrasya{-|}
<3>3samrā(?Ṭ) vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya sūnoḥ sūnoḥ atya{-|}-
<4>4nta-svāmi-_3_mahā-bh(ai)rava-bhaktasya aṃsa-bhāra-sanniveśita-śiva-liaṅgo -
<5>5dvahana-_2_śiva-suparituṣṭa-samutpādita-rāja-vaṃśānām parākkra -
<6>6mādhigata-bhāgīratthy- aāmala-jala-mūrddhābhiṣiktānān da(śā)śvamedh-āvabhṛtha-s(n)ā -
<7>7tānām bhāraśivānām mahārāja-śrī-bhavanāga-dauhitrasya gautamī-putrasya{-|}
<8>8putrasya vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-ruadrasenasya sūnoḥ atya(nta-mā)heśvarasya{-|}
<9>9satyārjjava-kāruṇyakārāṇḍa-śauryya-vikkrama-naya-vinaya-māhātmya-dhīimpatva-pātra-gata-bhvaktitva-
<10>10dharmma-{-vajayi}vijayitva-mano-nairmmalyādi-guṇna-samuditasya varṣa-śatam abhivarddhvra{-|}-
<11>11māna-ko_3_śa-daṇḍa-sādhana-santāna-putra-pautriṇaḥ yudhiṣṭhira-vṛtte{-|}-
<12>12r vvākāṭakānā_m mahārāja-śrī{-f}-pṛrithivīṣeṇnasya sūnoaḥ bhagavataś cakkrapāṇeḥi{-|}
<13>13prasādopārjjita-śrī-samudayasya vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-rudrasenasya{-|}
<14>14sūnoḥ pūrvva-rājāanuvṛtta-mārggānusāriṇaḥ sunaya-bala-parākkramoecchianna-sarvva{-|}
<15>15dvviṣpaḥ mahārājāidhirāja-śrī-devagupta-sutāaypm prabhāvatiguptāayām utpanna -
<16>16sya vākāṭaka-vaṃśālaṅkāra-bhūtasya mahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya sūnoḥ -
<17>17pūrvv-ādhigata-guṇavaddayādāpahṛta-va[+ṃ]śa-śriya(ḥ) kosalā-mekalā-māalavā
<18>18dhipati[+bhi]r a_3_bhyarc(c)ita-śāsanasya vākāṭakāa(nā)m mahārāja-śrī-nar(e)ndra -
<19>19senasya _2_ sūno[+ḥ] kuntalādhipati-sutāyāṃ mahādevyā(m ajjhita)bhaṭ(ṭ)āri{-|}-
<20>20kāyām-ut(p)an(n)aus(y)a at(y)anta-bhāgavatasya teja[+ḥ]-kṣamā-sya(nni)dhānta-(?bhūtasya)
<21>21[+ma]gng-va[+ṃ](śoddha)[+r](t)(?u)[+ḥ](?vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī){-f}(p)ṛri(th)i(v)īi(ṣ)e(nas)(?y)(a)(?vacanā)[+T|]
<22>22uttarapaṭṭe śulkavaṭ(ā)nām aparataḥ kur(u)bhe(jña)kasyottarataḥ (beṇṇā)-nadyā -
<23>23f pūrvvataḥ piḍerikāyā dakṣiṇataḥ govasāhikā nāma {-nāmnā} grāmaḥ sva-sīi-
<24>24mā-paricchadenānya-grāma-sīimāa-varjjaḥ beṇṇātaṭaka-kauātsa-sagotra-maheśvara -
<25>25svāmine _3_ etat-sagotra-brahmasvāmine ca tat-sagotra-harasvāmine
<26>26varāhasvā_2_mina itineti aihikāmuṣmike dharmma-sthāne dattaḥ[+|]
yato sma -
<27>27t-syantakā[+ḥ] sarvvāddhyakṣa-niyoga-niyuktāj(ñ)ā-sa(ṃ)cgvāri-kula-putrādhikṛta-bhaṭāa-
<28>28śc chātrāś cāddhyuṣita-pūrv(v)ā mamā{˟yā}{+jña}yāj(ñā)payitavyā[+ḥ|] viditam astu vaḥ yathāsmā(?bhi)
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<29>29r ātmano dha(r)mmāyu(r)-bbala-vijay(ai)śva(r)yya-vivṛddhayeIḥhāmutra-hitār(t)tham ātmā -
<30>30nugrahāya vaijayi[+ke] dharmma-sthāne a-bhaṭḍa-cchāatra-prāveśyaḥ a-pārampara-
<31>31go-bkhalīavardda[+ḥ] a-puṣmpa-kṣīra-sandoha[+ḥ] a-cārāsa(na-ca)r(mmāṅgā)ra[+ḥ] a-lavaṇa-kkri(ta)-
<32>32khanaka[+ḥ] sa_3_rvva-vieṣṭi-parihāra-parih(ṛ)ta(ḥ) sa{-pari}kḷliptopapa{-ri}-
<33>33kḷlipta[+ḥ]{-krikha}āa(ca)ndr-āditya{-ḥ}-kālīiya(ḥ)(?pu)(t)ra-p(au)trānugāmīi bhu(ñja)tā[+ṃ] na{-|}
<34>34kenacid vyāghātadyāhātax karttavyaḥ sarvvakkriyābhis saṃrakṣitavya(ḥ) pariavarddhayitavyaś-ca{-|}
<35>35yaś cāsmac-chāsanam agaṇnayamānaḥ svalpām api paribādhāṅn kuryyā{-|}
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<36>36t kārayetakārayitā vā tasya brāhmaṇaia[+r] vveidietasya sadaṇḍaṃ nṇigrahaṃ kuryyāama|
<37>37a-pūrvva-datt[+y]ā udaka-pūrvvam atisṛṣṭaḥ[+|] ucitā[+ṃ]ś cāsya pūrvva-rājānumatnā[+ṃ]{-|}
<38>38ś cāturvvaidya-grāma-maryyādā-parihārān vitarāmaḥ[+|] tad yathā a-karadvāyīi{-|}
<39>39daṇḍa-nṇigra_2_haṃ kuryyāma| api ca dharmmādhikaraṇea atīitāneka-rā -
<40>40ja-dattaā-sañcisyāntaāna-paripālan[+aṃ kṛta-puṇyānukīrttana-parihār]ārttha[+ṃ na] kīrttayāmaḥ[+|]eṣyatat-kāla-prabhaviṣ[+ṇ]u{-|}-
<41>41gauravād bhaviṣyān vij[+ñ]āpayāmaḥ[+|] vyāsa-gīitauo cātra ślokauo pramāṇī-karttavyauo|
Verse 1. (metre: anuṣṭubh)
<42>42s[+v]a-dattām para-dattā[+ṃ]v{-v}ā|
yo hareta vasundharā[+ṃ]|
gavāṃ śata-sahasrasya||
<43>43hantu[+r] harati dvuṣkṛta[+ṃ]|(|)|
Verse 2. (metre: anuṣṭubh)
ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi|
svargge modati bhūmi-da[+ḥ]|
<44>44ācchettā cā_numantā ca|
tāny eva narakeo vase[+T]|
sa[+ṃ]v{-v}atsareo daśame
<45>45grihmā-pa_3_kṣe prathame divase pratha(m)e senāpatau{-|}
<46>46v(i)ṣṇudatnte| likhitaṃ śarvvadatteneti||

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seal.1narendrasena-sat sūnoḥ
seal.2bhartu(r) vā(k)ā(ṭa)ka-śriyaḥ
seal.3pṛrithivīiṣeṇna-nṛpateḥ
seal.4{-rj}jigīiṣor jjaya-śāsana[+M]

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<1>1be(ṇṇā)taṭa-sthānād-agniṣṭṣāmāaptoryyāmoktthya-ṣoḍaśy-atirātra-vājapeya-
<2>2bṛhaspati-sava-sādyaskra-catur-aśva-mevodha-yājienaḥ viṣṇuovṛddha-sagotrasya{-|}
<3>3samrā(?Ṭ) vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya sūnoḥ sūnoḥ atya{-|}-
<4>4nta-svāmi-_3_mahā-bh(ai)rava-bhaktasya aṃsa-bhāra-sanniveśita-śiva-liaṅgo -
<5>5dvahana-_2_śiva-suparituṣṭa-samutpādita-rāja-vaṃśānām parākkra -
<6>6mādhigata-bhāgīratthy- aāmala-jala-mūrddhābhiṣiktānān da(śā)śvamedh-āvabhṛtha-s(n)ā -
<7>7tānām bhāraśivānām mahārāja-śrī-bhavanāga-dauhitrasya gautamī-putrasya{-|}
<8>8putrasya vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-ruadrasenasya sūnoḥ atya(nta-mā)heśvarasya{-|}
<9>9satyārjjava-kāruṇyakārāṇḍa-śauryya-vikkrama-naya-vinaya-māhātmya-dhīimpatva-pātra-gata-bhvaktitva-
<10>10dharmma-{-vajayi}vijayitva-mano-nairmmalyādi-guṇna-samuditasya varṣa-śatam abhivarddhvra{-|}-
<11>11māna-ko_3_śa-daṇḍa-sādhana-santāna-putra-pautriṇaḥ yudhiṣṭhira-vṛtte{-|}-
<12>12r vvākāṭakānā_m mahārāja-śrī{-f}-pṛrithivīṣeṇnasya sūnoaḥ bhagavataś cakkrapāṇeḥi{-|}
<13>13prasādopārjjita-śrī-samudayasya vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-rudrasenasya{-|}
<14>14sūnoḥ pūrvva-rājāanuvṛtta-mārggānusāriṇaḥ sunaya-bala-parākkramoecchianna-sarvva{-|}
<15>15dvviṣpaḥ mahārājāidhirāja-śrī-devagupta-sutāaypm prabhāvatiguptāayām utpanna -
<16>16sya vākāṭaka-vaṃśālaṅkāra-bhūtasya mahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya sūnoḥ -
<17>17pūrvv-ādhigata-guṇavaddayādāpahṛta-va[+ṃ]śa-śriya(ḥ) kosalā-mekalā-māalavā
<18>18dhipati[+bhi]r a_3_bhyarc(c)ita-śāsanasya vākāṭakāa(nā)m mahārāja-śrī-nar(e)ndra -
<19>19senasya _2_ sūno[+ḥ] kuntalādhipati-sutāyāṃ mahādevyā(m ajjhita)bhaṭ(ṭ)āri{-|}-
<20>20kāyām-ut(p)an(n)aus(y)a at(y)anta-bhāgavatasya teja[+ḥ]-kṣamā-sya(nni)dhānta-(?bhūtasya)
<21>21[+ma]gng-va[+ṃ](śoddha)[+r](t)(?u)[+ḥ](?vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī){-f}(p)ṛri(th)i(v)īi(ṣ)e(nas)(?y)(a)(?vacanā)[+T|]
<22>22uttarapaṭṭe śulkavaṭ(ā)nām aparataḥ kur(u)bhe(jña)kasyottarataḥ (beṇṇā)-nadyā -
<23>23f pūrvvataḥ piḍerikāyā dakṣiṇataḥ govasāhikā nāma {-nāmnā} grāmaḥ sva-sīi-
<24>24mā-paricchadenānya-grāma-sīimāa-varjjaḥ beṇṇātaṭaka-kauātsa-sagotra-maheśvara -
<25>25svāmine _3_ etat-sagotra-brahmasvāmine ca tat-sagotra-harasvāmine
<26>26varāhasvā_2_mina itineti aihikāmuṣmike dharmma-sthāne dattaḥ[+|]
yato sma -
<27>27t-syantakā[+ḥ] sarvvāddhyakṣa-niyoga-niyuktāj(ñ)ā-sa(ṃ)cgvāri-kula-putrādhikṛta-bhaṭāa-
<28>28śc chātrāś cāddhyuṣita-pūrv(v)ā mamā{˟yā}{+jña}yāj(ñā)payitavyā[+ḥ|] viditam astu vaḥ yathāsmā(?bhi)
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<29>29r ātmano dha(r)mmāyu(r)-bbala-vijay(ai)śva(r)yya-vivṛddhayeIḥhāmutra-hitār(t)tham ātmā -
<30>30nugrahāya vaijayi[+ke] dharmma-sthāne a-bhaṭḍa-cchāatra-prāveśyaḥ a-pārampara-
<31>31go-bkhalīavardda[+ḥ] a-puṣmpa-kṣīra-sandoha[+ḥ] a-cārāsa(na-ca)r(mmāṅgā)ra[+ḥ] a-lavaṇa-kkri(ta)-
<32>32khanaka[+ḥ] sa_3_rvva-vieṣṭi-parihāra-parih(ṛ)ta(ḥ) sa{-pari}kḷliptopapa{-ri}-
<33>33kḷlipta[+ḥ]{-krikha}āa(ca)ndr-āditya{-ḥ}-kālīiya(ḥ)(?pu)(t)ra-p(au)trānugāmīi bhu(ñja)tā[+ṃ] na{-|}
<34>34kenacid vyāghātadyāhātax karttavyaḥ sarvvakkriyābhis saṃrakṣitavya(ḥ) pariavarddhayitavyaś-ca{-|}
<35>35yaś cāsmac-chāsanam agaṇnayamānaḥ svalpām api paribādhāṅn kuryyā{-|}
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<36>36t kārayetakārayitā vā tasya brāhmaṇaia[+r] vveidietasya sadaṇḍaṃ nṇigrahaṃ kuryyāama|
<37>37a-pūrvva-datt[+y]ā udaka-pūrvvam atisṛṣṭaḥ[+|] ucitā[+ṃ]ś cāsya pūrvva-rājānumatnā[+ṃ]{-|}
<38>38ś cāturvvaidya-grāma-maryyādā-parihārān vitarāmaḥ[+|] tad yathā a-karadvāyīi{-|}
<39>39daṇḍa-nṇigra_2_haṃ kuryyāma| api ca dharmmādhikaraṇea atīitāneka-rā -
<40>40ja-dattaā-sañcisyāntaāna-paripālan[+aṃ kṛta-puṇyānukīrttana-parihār]ārttha[+ṃ na] kīrttayāmaḥ[+|]eṣyatat-kāla-prabhaviṣ[+ṇ]u{-|}-
<41>41gauravād bhaviṣyān vij[+ñ]āpayāmaḥ[+|] vyāsa-gīitauo cātra ślokauo pramāṇī-karttavyauo|
Verse 1. (metre: anuṣṭubh)
<42>42s[+v]a-dattām para-dattā[+ṃ]v{-v}ā|
yo hareta vasundharā[+ṃ]|
gavāṃ śata-sahasrasya||
<43>43hantu[+r] harati dvuṣkṛta[+ṃ]|(|)|
Verse 2. (metre: anuṣṭubh)
ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi|
svargge modati bhūmi-da[+ḥ]|
<44>44ācchettā cā_numantā ca|
tāny eva narakeo vase[+T]|
sa[+ṃ]v{-v}atsareo daśame
<45>45grihmā-pa_3_kṣe prathame divase pratha(m)e senāpatau{-|}
<46>46v(i)ṣṇudatnte| likhitaṃ śarvvadatteneti||