Ancient Vidarbha showing find-spots of Vākāṭaka inscriptions. (Zenodo).
| Metadata | |
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| Object ID | OB00177 |
| Title | Mandhal Plates of Prthivisena II, Year 10 |
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| Inscription(s) | IN00190 |
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| Related Objects | OB00170 OB00176 OB00177a OB00177b OB00177c OB00177d OB00177e OB00177f OB00177g |
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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 | 18.2-18.4 |
| Height | 9.6-9.8 |
| Depth | |
| Weight | 2700 |
| Details | A set of five plates, the first inscribed only on the inner side, the last not inscribed at all, 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 cm from the edge. The hole is circular, with an estimated diameter of 1.4 cm. 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 Plates of Pṛithivīshēṇa II, Years 2 and 10, Epigraphia Indica, 41 (1975-76), pp. 159-180. |
| 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 OB00176) in an earthen pot just below the surface at the mound named Bholā Huḍkī. |
| Notes | Found with OB00170 and OB00176. |