Ancient Vidarbha showing find-spots of Vākāṭaka inscriptions. (Zenodo).
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| Object ID | OB00169 |
| Title | Mandhal Plates of Rudrasena II, Year 5 |
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| Inscription(s) | IN00182 |
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| Related Objects | OB00169a OB00169b OB00169c OB00169d |
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| 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 | 21 |
| Height | 11.5 |
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| Details | A set of four plates, the first and last inscribed only on the inner sides; the others on both faces. Their surface is flat, without raised rims. The hole (diameter not reported) for the connecting ring is on the left-hand side, vertically at the centre, and horizontally at an estimated 5 centimetres from the edge. The connecting ring is extant (not included as a separate item here, since no description of it is available), but the seal is lost. |
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| Found: | |
| Date | 1982 |
| Place | Mandhal |
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| Latest: | |
| Date | 1997 |
| Place | Department of Ancient Indian History, Nagpur University |
| Authority | Shastri, Ajay Mitra, and Gupta, Chandrashekhar. (1997). Māṇḍhal Plates of Vākāṭaka Rudrasena II, Year 5, Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 78, pp. 143-157. |
| Details | Discovered in 1982 in the village of Māṇḍhaḷ (20.956099, 79.461490), in Umred taluka of Nagpur district. Apparently the plates were found while ploughing a field (exact location of the find not reported), then hidden under a stone block, then found again by labourers breaking stone into gravel. They were acquired by the Māṇḍhaḷ Itihās Saṃśodhan Samiti and presented to Nagpur University. |
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