# ‘Mohenjodaro’ plates of Dharasena II, [Valabhī] year 252, Vaiśākha ba.
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Annette Schmiedchen

Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00034

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy)

File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00034.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-10-01 11:46
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## Summary

Grant of land (174 pādāvarta and two more fields as well as pond and a
cistern surrounded by 12 pādāvarta) in favour of a Yajurvedin.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ sva(sti valabhī)ta(ḥ) pra(sabha)pra¿n?⟨ṇ⟩atāmitr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇāṁ
maitrak¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇām
atulabalasapatnamaṇḍalābhogasa(ṁ)saktaśatalabdhapratāpa⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨2⟩
(pratā)popanatadānamānārjja¿p?⟨v⟩opārjjitā(nu)rāgo
(nurakta)maulabhr̥tamitraśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśrīḥ paramamāheśvara⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨3⟩
śrīsenāpa(ti)bha(ṭā)rkka(ḥ ta)sya su(tas
ta)tpādarajoruṇāvanatapavitr¿i?⟨ī⟩kr̥taśirāḥ
śirovanataśatrucūḍāmaṇiprabhā⟨4⟩(vicchuritapā)da(nakha)paṅktidī(dhitir)
ddīnānāthakr̥paṇaja¿ṇa?⟨no⟩pajīvyamānavibhavaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ
śrīsenāpatidhara⟨5⟩senas tasyānuja¿t s?⟨s
t⟩atpādābhipraṇāmapraśastataravimalamaulimaṇir
mmanvādipraṇītavidhividhānadharmmā dharmmarāja ⟨6⟩ Iva
vihitavi(na)yavya⟨va⟩sthāpaddhatir akhilabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogaikasvāminā
paramasvāminā svay¿ā?⟨a⟩m upahitarājyābhiṣe⟨7⟩k(o)
mahāviśrāṇanāvapūtarājaśr¿i?⟨ī⟩ḥ paramamāheśvaro mahārājadroṇasiṁha⟨ḥ⟩
siṁha Iva tasyānujaḥ svabhujabala⟨8⟩(parā)krame(ṇa)
paraga(ja)ghaṭānī(kā)nām ekavija(y)ī śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ śaraṇam avaboddhā
śāstrārtthatatvānāṁ kalpatar¿i?⟨u⟩r iva ⟨9⟩ (s)u(hr̥t)praṇayinā(ṁ
ya)thābh(ila)ṣitaphal(o)pabhogadaḥ paramabhāgavato
śrīmahārājadhruvasenas tasyānuja⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨10⟩
(ta)ccaraṇāravindapra(ṇa)tipravidhaut¿a?⟨ā⟩śeṣakalmaṣaḥ
suviśuddha{s}svacaritodakakakṣālita⟨sa⟩kalakalikalaṅka⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨11⟩
prasabhan¿a?⟨i⟩(rjjitārā)tipakṣa{ḥ}prathitamahimā paramādityabhaktaḥ
śrīmahārājadharapaṭṭas tasy¿a?⟨ā⟩tmajas
tat(pādasapa)⟨12⟩(ryyāvā)ptapuṇyodaya⟨ḥ⟩ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti
khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva
samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasat(vanikaṣa)⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨13⟩
tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāra¿kt?⟨tn⟩aprabhāsaṁ(sakta)sa¿kh?⟨v⟩yapādanakharaśmisa⟨ṁ⟩hati(ḥ)
sa¿v?⟨k⟩alasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamya(kpa)ri(pāla)la¿ṇ?⟨n⟩a⟨14⟩prajā(hr̥)da(ya)raṁjanād
anvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyag¿a?⟨ā⟩mbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ
smaraśaśāṅkād⟨r⟩irājodadhit¿r̥?⟨ri⟩daśagurudha⟨15⟩(ne)ś(ā)n atiśayāna⟨ḥ⟩
śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstasvakāryya(phalaḥ)
prārtthanādhikārthapra⟨16⟩(dā)nā(na)ndita(vi)dvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayo
pādacār¿i?⟨ī⟩va sakalamaṇḍalābhogapram¿a?⟨o⟩da⟨ḥ⟩
paramam¿a?⟨ā⟩heśva(ra)⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨17⟩ (śrīmahārājaguhasena)s tasya
sutas
tatpādana(kha)mayūkhasantānanirvr̥ttajāh(navī)jalau(ghavikṣā)litāśe(ṣakalma)ṣaḥ
⟨18⟩ (praṇayiśatasahasropajīvya)bhogasaṁpad rūpalobhād
(ivāś)¿r̥?⟨ri⟩(taḥ) sara⟨sa⟩m ¿a?⟨ā⟩bhigāmikair ggu(ṇais
sahaja)śa(ktiśikṣā)viśe⟨19⟩ṣavi(smāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ)
prathamanarapatisa(matisr̥ṣṭā)nām anupālayitā (dharmmadā)yānām
a(pākarttā) pra(jopaghā)takā⟨20⟩riṇām (upapla)vānāṁ darśayi(tā)
śrīsaras¿v?⟨v⟩atyo(r ekādhi)vāsasya
saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparikṣobhadakṣavikramaḥ
kramo(pasaṁpr)¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨21⟩(pta)vimalapārtthivaśrī⟨ḥ⟩
p¿ā?⟨a⟩ramamāheśvaramahārājaśrīdharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvā¿m?⟨n⟩
evāyuktakaviniyuktakadrāṅgika(mahattara)cāṭa(bhaṭa)⟨22⟩dhruvādh¿a?⟨i⟩kara(ṇi)kadāṇḍa(pā)śi(ka)rājasth¿a?⟨ā⟩n¿i?⟨ī⟩yakumārāmātyādīn
anyāṁś ca yathābhisa(ṁ)badhyamānak¿a?⟨ā⟩n sam¿a?⟨ā⟩jñāpaya⟨ty⟩

⟨a⟩stu vas saṁvidita(ṁ) yathā ⟨23⟩ mayā mā(tā)pitroḥ
(pu)ṇyāpyāyanāyātmanaś caihikāmuṣmikayathābhilaṣitaphalā(vā)ptaye
(bha)ṇḍavaṭakagr¿a?⟨ā⟩me pūrvvas(ī)mni ma(dhy)apiṭik(ā)kṣe⟨24⟩traṁ tasya
cottarato bīṭamānena saha pādāvarttā navati(ḥ) tasyaiva ca dakṣiṇataḥ
saṅgamaparibhuktapādāvarttāś catvāriṅśat tathā
ma(ḍ)asa(ra)stha⟨25⟩(lī)caccarakagrāmottaras(ī)mni
kādh(ī)ka(kā)mbhārapar¿a?⟨i⟩bhuktaṁ tathā pāṭahake taḍāka(ṁ da)kṣiṇena
vāpī yatra p¿a?⟨ā⟩dāvarttā dvādaśa tathā pū⟨26⟩rvvas¿i?⟨ī⟩mni
pādāvarttāś caturddaśa (bh)ārivikaṇḍapadrake pādāvarttā(s triṁ)śa⟨t⟩
t¿r̥?⟨ri⟩bhi⟨ḥ⟩ sthānai(ḥ) sodraṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ
savā(ta)bhū(tadhā)nya⟨27⟩(hi)raṇyādeyaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭika(ṁ
sa)mastarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇī(yaṁ) bhūmicchidranyāyena
maitrāya¿n?⟨ṇ⟩(ika)sabr¿i?⟨a⟩hmacāriṇe kauśikasa⟨28⟩gotrāya
br¿a?⟨ā⟩hmaṇapuvanā(gā)ya
balicaruvaiśvadevā¿nt?⟨gn⟩ihotr¿a?⟨ā⟩tithipañcamahāyājñ¿a?⟨i⟩kānāṁ
kr¿a?⟨i⟩yāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ samutsarppaṇārttham
¿a?⟨ā⟩(can)drārkkārṇṇa(va)⟨29⟩sari⟨t⟩kṣitisamakālīnam
putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ Udakasarggeṇa brahma(deyaṁ) n¿a?⟨i⟩asr̥ṣṭaṁ

yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kr̥ṣataẖ ka⟨30⟩(rṣa)yato vā na
kaiścit pratiṣedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhiś cāsmadvaṅśajair
anityāny ai(śva)ryyā¿n?⟨ṇ⟩y asthira⟨ṁ⟩ mānuṣyaṁ sām¿a?⟨ā⟩nyaṁ ca
bhūmid¿a?⟨ā⟩na⟨31⟩pha(la){dāna}m avagacchadbhiḥ (a)yam asmaddāyo
numantavyaḥ pa(ri)pālayitavyaś ca (yaś cai)nam ¿a?⟨ā⟩cchi{ṁ}ndyād
ācch(i)dyam(ānaṁ) vānumodeta sa pañcabhi⟨r⟩ mmah(ā)pā⟨32⟩tak(ai)s
sopapātakais sa⟨ṁ⟩yuktaḥ syād ity

uktañ ca bhagavatā (ve)davyāsena vyāsena

1. Anuṣṭubh

(ṣa)ṣṭivar(ṣ)asahasr(ā)ṇi svargge t(i)ṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ
Ācchettā {Ācchettā} cā⟨33⟩numantā ca tāny eva narake vaset

2. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvvadattā⟨ṁ⟩ dvij(ā)tibhyo yatnād ra(kṣa) yudhiṣṭh¿a?⟨i⟩ra
mah(īṁ) mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha dānāc (chre)yo (nu)pālanaṁ

3. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasu(dhā bhu)ktā rājabhis sa⟨ga⟩rā⟨34⟩dibhiḥ
yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalam

iti ∥ likhita⟨ṁ⟩ sandhiv¿a?⟨i⟩⟨gra⟩hikaskandabhaṭena saṁ 200 50 2
vaiśākha ba 10 5⟨35⟩s(v)ahasto ma(ma) mahārājaśrīdharasenasya ∥ dū ⹀
cibbiraḥ ∥

## Bibliography

First edited by Govind Swamirao Gai and P. R. Srinivasan with
estampages; no translation (Gai & Srinivasan 1967–1968, № B). Re-edited
and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages.

### Primary

[GSGPRS] Gai, Govind Swamirao & P. R. Srinivasan. 1967–1968. “Two
Maitraka charters.” EI 37, pp. 167–174. Item B.