| Metadata | |
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| Object ID | OB00150 |
| Title | Siwani Plates of Pravarasena II |
| Subtitle | |
| Inscription(s) | IN00163 |
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| Parent Object | |
| Related Objects | OB00150a OB00150b OB00150c OB00150d OB00150e OB00150f OB00150g |
| Responsibility | |
| Author | |
| Metadata recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Metadata improved by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Description | |
| Material | Metal / copper alloy |
| Object Type | Plate |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 20.8 |
| Height | 11.4 |
| Depth | |
| Weight | 1630 |
| Details | A set of five plates, the first and last inscribed only on the inner sides; the others on both faces. They are thinner (their "height" is lower) near the middle of their longer sides. They are quite thin, with the engraving on one side showing through on the other. Their surface is flat, without raised rims. The hole for the connecting ring is on the left-hand side, vertically at the centre, and horizontally at about a quarter of the width of the plates. The seal is not soldered but hung separately on the ring. |
| History | |
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| Date | |
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| Other ancient history | |
| Found: | |
| Date | in or shortly before 1836 |
| Place | Seoni District |
| Other modern history | |
| Latest: | |
| Date | |
| Place | Unknown |
| Authority | |
| Details | The plates were discovered in or shortly before 1836 by D. M. McLeod in the possession of a zamindar in Seoni District. When Fleet studied them before 1888, they were still in the possession of a zamindar (a successor, perhaps) of Piṇḍarāī village in Siwani Tahsil, MP. (Possibly 22.519233, 80.041748, but there are several other, smaller Pindrais in the vicinity.) Their prior history is not known, but they were probably handed down in the zamindar's family. The owner as of 1836 knew the plates to be a land charter, but believed they were granted by former Gond chiefs and had no knowledge of their specific contents. Mirashi believes the localities mentioned in the plate can be found in the vicinity of Amgaon (21.369345, 80.379575), a railway station on the Calcutta-Nagpur line (the donated village may be at 21.382304, 80.490185). |
| Notes | The charter records the donation of the village Brahmapūraka, with the surrounding locations mentioned in the charter supporting Shastri’s belief (actually Mirashi's) that the charter was originally from the Gondiā region of the Bhandara district. The plate is referred to as the Siwanī (Seoni) plate as this is the main town in the district, and as the original location of the inscription is not known. (Shastri 1997: 19-20) |