OB00176

The charter consists of four plates, which were found in an earthen vessel during excavations, along with two other Vākāṭaka period copper plate inscriptions. The charter was issued in the second year of Pṛithivīṣeṇa II’s reign and was found complete with ring and seal, providing the earliest known complete example of a copper plate charter from the reign of Pṛithivīṣeṇa II. The charter records the donation of the village Kurubhajjaka by its chief to three brothers, Maheśvarasvāmin, Agnisvāmin and Brahmasvāmin, sons of Māṭrisvāmin. Two of these brothers are also the benefactors of the Māṇḍhaḷ copper plate of Pṛithivīṣeṇa II, year 10 (IN00190) and Māṭrisvāmin was the donee of the Māṇḍhaḷ copper plate of Pravarasena II, year 17  (IN00183).