The Thālner copper plates, which consist of three inscribed copper plates with a ring, were acquired from a resident of Thālner by a blacksmith from Dhule. The plates date to the third year of Hariṣeṇa’s reign and are the only known official charter of the king, who was the last ruler of the Vatsagulma branch of the Vākāṭakas. The plates record the donation of two villages and some land to a group of Brāhmaṇas who were students of Sāmaveda.
First edited by D. R. Bhat in the (Marathi?) journal Saṃśodhaka (vol. 47 no. 1-2, 1980), published by the Rājavāḍe Saṃśodhana Maṇḍal. Re-edited by Mirashi in Saṃśodhana Muktāvalī (Pt. 10, 1981, pp. 44-57; this is probably a publication of the Vidarbha Samshodhan Mandal) and in Mirashi 1982: 78-87. Edition (Mirashi 1982: 78-87 revised according to Shastri 1984) reprinted in Shrimali 1987: 82-83. Discussed in Shastri 1984, Shastri 1987: 65-68 and Shastri 1997: 111-113.
Mirashi (1982) 78-87
Shastri (1984) 15-20
Shastri (1987) 65-68
Shrimali (1987) 82-83
Shastri (1997) 111-113