# Baigram Charter of the Time of Kumāragupta I Dániel Balogh Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00061 Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham) File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00061.xml Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti⟨.⟩ pañcanagaryyā bhaṭṭāraka-pādānuddhyātaḥ kumārāmātya-kulavr̥ddhir etad-viṣayādhikaraṇañ ca⟨2⟩vāyigrāmika-trivr̥t¿a?⟨ā⟩-śrīgohālyoḥ brāhmaṇottarān samvyavahāri-pramukhān grāma-kuṭumbinaḥ kuśalam anu⟨3⟩varṇya bodhayanti⟨.⟩ ¿vijñāpayator atraiva?⟨vijñāpayato ’traiva⟩-vāstavya-kuṭumbi-bhoyila-bhāskarāv⟨.⟩ āvayoḥ pitrā śivanandi⟨4⟩nā kāritaka-bhagavato govindasvāminaḥ deva-kulas tad asāv alpa-vr̥ttikaḥ⟨.⟩ Iha viṣaye samudaya⟨5⟩-bāhyādy-astamba-khila-kṣ¿a?⟨e⟩ttr¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇām akiñcit-pratikarāṇāṁ śaśvad ācandrārkka-tāraka-bhojyānā¿ṁm? akṣaya-nīvyā ⟨6⟩ dvi-dīnārikkya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttas⟨.⟩ tad arhathāvayos sakāśāt ṣ¿ī?⟨a⟩ḍ dīnārān aṣṭa ca rūpakān āyī⟨7⟩kr̥tya bhagavato govindasvāmino deva-kule khaṇḍa-phuṭṭa-pratisaṁsk¿a?⟨ā⟩ra-karaṇāya ⊔ gandha-dhūpa-dīpa⟨8⟩-sumanasā⟨ṁ⟩ pravarttanāya ca trivr̥tāyām bhogilasya khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ ⊔ śrīgohālyā¿(ś)?⟨m⟩ api ⟨9⟩ tala-vāṭakār(t)tha⟨ṁ⟩ sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpa(m) ekaṁ _ bhāskarasyāpi sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpañ ca dātu⟨10⟩m iti⟨.⟩_ yato yuṣmān bodhayāma⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩_ pustapāla-durgādattārkkadāsayor avadhāraṇayā Avadhr̥ta⟨11⟩m astīha viṣay(e) samudaya-bāhyādy-astamba-khila-kṣettrāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ śaśvad ācandrārkka-tāraka-bhojyānāṁ dvi-dī⟨12⟩nārikya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttaḥ⟨.⟩ Evaṁ-vidhāpratikara-khila-kṣettra-vikkraye ca na kaścid rājārttha- ⟨13⟩ virodha Upacaya Eva bhaṭṭāraka-pādānāṁ dharmma-phala-ṣaḍ-bhāgāvāptiś ca⟨.⟩ tad dīyatām iti Etayoḥ ⟨14⟩ bhoyila-bhāskarayos sakā⟨śā⟩t ṣaḍ dīnārān aṣṭa ca rūpakān āyīkr̥tya bhagavato govindasvāmino ⟨15⟩ deva-kulasyārtthe bhoyilasya trivr̥tāyāṁ _ khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ tala-vāṭakādy-artthaM ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨16⟩ śrīgohālyā⟨ṁ⟩ sthala-vāstuno droṇa-vāpaṁ bhāskarasyāpy atr¿ī?⟨ai⟩va sthal¿i?⟨a⟩-v¿a?⟨ā⟩stuno droṇa-vāpa⟨17⟩m eva⟨ṁ⟩ kulya-vāpa-trayaṁ sthala-droṇa-vāpa-dvayañ ca _ Akṣaya-¿nīvyās?⟨nīvyā⟩ tāmra-paṭṭena dattaM⟨.⟩ ninna ⟨18⟩ ku 3 sthala-dro 2 te yūyaṁ sva-karṣaṇāvirodhi-sthāne darvvīkarmma-hastenāṣṭaka-navaka-naḷābhyā⟨19⟩m apaviñcchya ⊔ cira-kāla-sthāyi-tuṣāṅgār-ādinā cihnaiś cāturddiśo niyamya dāsyathākṣaya⟨20⟩-nīvī-dharmme¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a ca śaśvat-kālam anupālayiṣyatha varttamāna-bhaviṣyaiś ca saṁvyavahāryy-ādibhir eta⟨21⟩d dharmmāpekṣayānupālayitavyam iti⟨.⟩ _ Uktañ ca bhagava⟨tā⟩ veda-vyāsa-mahātmanā⟨.⟩_ 1. Anuṣṭubh sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ ⟨22⟩ v{v}ā yo hareta vasundharāṁ(|) sa viṣṭhāyāṁ k¿ri?mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhis saha pacyate_ 2. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-saha⟨23⟩srāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ_ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT 3. Anuṣṭubh pūrvva⟨24⟩-dattāṁ dvijātibhy¿ā?⟨o⟩ yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira_ mahī⟨ṁ⟩ mah¿i?matāṁ śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo nupāla⟨25⟩nam iti⟨.⟩ saṁ 100 20 8 māgha di 10 9 ## Bibliography First reported and edited in Basak 1931–1932. Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00061). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh. ### Secondary Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna. 1927–1936. A list of the inscriptions of northern India in Brahmi and its derivative scripts, from about 200 A. C.: Appendix to Epigraphia Indica and record of the Archaeological Survey of India, volumes XIX to XXIII. Calcutta: Archaeological Survey of India. [URL]. Item 2114. Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1965. Select inscriptions bearing on Indian history and civilization. Volume I: from the sixth century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. 2nd edition revised and enlarged. Calcutta: University of Calcutta. Book III, item 41. Agrawala, Prithvi Kumar. 1983. Imperial Gupta Epigraphs (गुप्ताधिराजलेखमण्डल). Ancient Indian Epigraphical Sources (प्रत्नाभिलेखसंहिता) 10, pt. 1 / 2. Varanasi: Books Asia, Distributed by Prithvi Prakashan. Item 29. Goyal, Śrīrām. 1993. गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan. Items 183-188.