Ancient Vidarbha showing find-spots of Vākāṭaka inscriptions. (Zenodo).
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| Object ID | OB00178 |
| Title | Mahurjhari Plates of Prthivisena II, Year 17 |
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| Inscription(s) | IN00191 |
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| Related Objects | OB00178a OB00178b OB00178c OB00178d OB00178e OB00178f OB00178g |
| Responsibility | |
| Author | Dániel Balogh |
| 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 | 18.3 |
| Height | 10.3 |
| Depth | |
| Weight | 1807 |
| Details | A set of five plates, the first and last inscribed only on the inner side, the others on both faces. They probably 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 4 cm from the edge. The hole is circular, with a diameter about 1.6 cm. The plates are linked by a ring, to which a copper band is also attached, but the seal that was presumably once riveted to this band is no longer extant. The entire set weighs 1807 grams, of which the weight of individual plates is about 335 grams. The plates were probably subjected to fire, but this has not caused considerable damage. |
| History | |
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| Found: | |
| Date | 1971 |
| Place | Māhūrjharī |
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| Latest: | |
| Date | 1972 |
| Place | Department of Archaeology and Archives, Maharashtra State |
| Authority | Kolte, V. B. (1972). Māhūrzarī Plates of Pṛthivīṣeṇa II, Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 53, pp. 183-198. |
| Details | Discovered in 1971 while ploughing a field near Māhūrjharī (or Māhūrzarī, Nagpur tahsil of Nagpur district, 21.224571, 79.008072). The plates were first acquired by S. B. Deo, head of the Department of Ancient Indian History at Nagpur University. Later, they ended up with the Department of Archaeology and Archives, Maharashtra State. They were studied in the original by Kolte. Another set of plates may have been discovered at the same site: IAR 1972-73: 40 (No. 14) reports a “Muhurzarai” copperplate of Pravarasena II as acquired by the Central Museum of Nagpur. Shrimali 1987: 3n1 suspects this is a confusion with the Mahurjhari plates of Pṛthivīṣeṇa II. |
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