Ancient Vidarbha showing find-spots of Vākāṭaka inscriptions. (Zenodo).
| Metadata | |
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| Object ID | OB00176 |
| Title | Mandhal Plates of Prthivisena II, Year 2 |
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| Inscription(s) | IN00189 |
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| Related Objects | OB00170 OB00177 OB00176a OB00176b OB00176c OB00176d OB00176e OB00176f |
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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 | 18.7-18.8 |
| Height | 9.2-9.5 |
| Depth | |
| Weight | 1570 |
| Details | A set of four plates, the first inscribed only on the inner side, the others on both faces. They have no raised rims. The hole for the connecting ring is on the left-hand side, vertically at the centre, and horizontally at an estimated 3.8 cm from the edge. The shape of the hole is, unlike other Vākāṭaka plates, a rough square; its size is an estimated 1.2 cm to a side. The plates are linked by a ring, to which a seal is also attached by "a perforated handle," probably the usual band of copper. |
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| Found: | |
| Date | 1975-76 |
| Place | Mandhal |
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| Latest: | |
| Date | 1976 |
| Place | Department of Ancient Indian History, Nagpur University |
| Authority | Shastri, Ajay Mitra. (1989). Māṇḍhal Copper Plate Charter of Pravarasena II, Year 16, Epigraphia Indica, 41 (1975-76), pp. 68-76. |
| Details | Discovered during excavations conducted by Nagpur University in 1975-76, in the village of Māṇḍhaḷ (20.940411, 79.466583) in Umred taluka of Nagpur district. The intact set of plates was found (along with two other sets, OB00170 and OB00177) in an earthen pot just below the surface at the mound named Bholā Huḍkī. |
| Notes | Found with OB00170 and OB00177. |