INIG1213b Pachrāi Inscription of VS 1213b

Author: M. B. Garde

INIG1213b Pachrāi (Shivpuri). On a Jaina image. 3 lines, nāgarī, corrupt Sanskrit. Damaged slightly; purport unclear. Begins with a verse in praise of Vṛṣadhvaja (probably Mentions Ṛṣabhanātha). paṇḍita Vavaṇa belonging to Gollārāṭānvaya and his son [Ri]ja and the latter’s son Suhajū. Mentions also Kūlhe, the son of the Jiṇe Nārāyaṇa, the son of Ādī belonging to the Paurapāṭānvaya.

Uploaded on November 6, 2017
October 19, 2019
INIG1098 Bara Inscription of VS 1098

Author: M. B. Garde

INIG1098 Bārā (Shivpuri). Fragment of a large slab inscription. 8 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Records the construction
of a temple of Viṣṇu (Garuḍāsana), a list of merchants involved in the work, and the name of the sūtradhāra Sthirārkka and poet Nārāyana. Now in Archaeological Museum, Gwalior.

Uploaded on November 6, 2017
October 1, 2019
IN00182 Mandhal Charter of Rudrasena II, Year 5

Author: Dániel Balogh

This set of four copper plates was discovered during the ploughing of a field in the village of Māṇḍhaḷ in 1982. The plates date to the 5th year of Rudrasena II’s reign and record the donation of four villages, Selludraha, Achchhabhallikā, Suragrāmakā and Aragrāmakā, which were used as a Brāhmaṇa settlement, occupied by Brāhmaṇa’s from different sects. The charter was written by Senāpati Vibhīshaṇa for Rudrasena II, and is stated to have been issued by the king himself following a command from Viṣṇu. Records so far do not specify in which field the copper plates were discovered.

Community: Vākāṭaka epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
January 18, 2019