Ancient Vidarbha showing find-spots of Vākāṭaka inscriptions. (Zenodo).
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| Object ID | OB00158 |
| Title | Tigaon Plates of Pravarasena II |
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| Inscription(s) | IN00171 |
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| Related Objects | OB00158a OB00158b OB00158c OB00158d OB00158e |
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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 | 19 |
| Height | 9.4 |
| Depth | |
| Weight | 2274 |
| Details | A set of five plates, the first and last inscribed only on the inner side, the others on both faces. Neither rims nor their lack has been reported. The hole (1.3 cm in diameter) for the connecting ring is on the left-hand side, vertically at the centre, and horizontally about a quarter of the length from the edge. The connecting ring and seal were not found. Mirashi 1963: 63 and Shastri 1997: 34-35 both consider the third plate spurious (substituted for a lost original third plate). Neither's arguments are conclusive. |
| History | |
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| Found: | |
| Date | 1942 |
| Place | Ṭīgāon |
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| Latest: | |
| Date | 1957 |
| Place | Chhindwara |
| Authority | Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu. (1963). Inscriptions of the Vākāṭakas (Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum 5). Ootacamund: Archaeological Survey of India. |
| Details | Discovered in 1942 while demolishing an old house in Ṭīgāon (21.644304, 78.453842) in Chhindwara district, MP. Brought to Mirashi's notice in 1957, when the plates were with M. G. Karnik, Deputy Commissioner of Chhindwara. Mirashi received only estampages. |
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