IN00619 Pardi Plates of Dahrasena

IN00619  PARDI PLATES OF DAHRASENA (Translation)
Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu. Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era. V.1. [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum V.4.] Ootacamund: Govt. Epigraphist for India, 1955, pp. 23-24.

 

Hail! From the victorious camp fixed at Āmrakā, the illustrious Mahārāja Dahrasena (of the family) of the Traikūṭaka, who meditates on the feet of (his) mother and father, who is a servant of the feet of Bhagavat and who has performed an Aśvamedha, issues the following order to all his officials residing in the viṣaya (district) of Antarmaṇḍalī.

(Line 5) For increasing the religious merit and fame of (0ur) mother and father and Ourself, the village Kanīyas-Taḍākāsārikā (Smaller Taḍākāsārikā), situated in this very viṣaya, has been conferred (by Us) on the Brāhmaṇa Naṇṇasvāmin, a resident of Kāpura, for as long as the moon, the sun, the oceans and the earth will endure, (not to be entered by cāṭas and bhaṭas) except (to punish) thieves and rebels, to be exempt from all taxes (ditya) and forced bbour (and) to be enjoyed by a succession of sons and sons’ sons.

  1. 6) Wherefore, none shall cause obstruction while he enjoys, cultivates and assigns (this village).

(Here follows one benedictory and imprecatory verse).

(L. 8) (This) order (is issued), Buddhagupta being the dūtaka (in) the year 200 (and) 7, on the thirteenth, (in figures) 10 (and) 3, (lunar day) of the bright (fortnight) of Vaiśākha.

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