Dhār धार دهار (Madhya Pradesh). Interior of the Kamāl Maula Masjid showing minbar, find spot of the Rāüla vela of Roḍa (Courtesy Wikimedia).
Dhār (Madhya Pradesh). Stone slab with the Rāüla vela of Roḍa, now in CSMVS Mumbai (Courtesy: ZENODO).
Dhār (Madhya Pradesh). Detail of the inscription after conservation at CSMVS (Courtesy: ZENODO).
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| Object ID | Rāüla vela of Roḍa |
| Title | Dhār stone inscription of with the Rāüla vela of Roḍa |
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| Inscription(s) | IN06001 |
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| Responsibility | |
| Author | H. C. Bhayani |
| Metadata recorded by | RAS SIDDHAM Team |
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| Metadata improved by | M. Willis |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / local |
| Object Type | Stone slab |
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| History | |
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| Date | |
| Place | Dhār |
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| Found: | |
| Date | about 1820 |
| Place | Dhār |
| Other modern history | Removed from the floor of the minbar by John Malcolm to The Asiatic Society, Bombay |
| Latest: | |
| Date | 2022 |
| Place | Chhatrapati Shivaji Museum |
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| Details | Malcolm reports he removed the tablet from the floor of the minbar (Malcolm 1824): 28, note: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.104204/page/28/mode/2up?q=visit |
| Notes | The Rāüla vela is a poetic work composed in the circa late twelfth century by the poet Roḍa, the text preserved in a unique inscription from Dhār, Madhya Pradesh. This is now kept in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai (number SI 9). The inscription was transferred to the museum from The Asiatic Society of Mumbai. |