# Khoh Charter 2 of Hastin, year 163

Dániel Balogh

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00078

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00078.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24
(c200993)

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## Edition

### Seal

⟨1⟩ śrī-mahārāja-hastinaḥ

### Plates

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ namo mahādevāya|⟨.⟩ svasti⟨.⟩ ttri-ṣaṣṭy-◯uttare bda-śate
gupta-nr̥pa-rājya-bhuktau ⟨2⟩ mahāśvayuja-s¿ā?ṁvat(s)are
caittra-māsa-◯śukla-pakṣa-dvitīy¿a?⟨ā⟩yām⟨.⟩ Asy¿a?⟨ā⟩¿n?
divasa⟨3⟩-pūrvv¿a?⟨ā⟩yā⟨ṁ⟩ nr̥pati-parivrājaka-kulotpannena
mahārāja-devāḍhya-pranapt⟨r⟩ā ⟨4⟩ mahārāja-śrī-prabhañjana-naptrā
mahārāja-dāmodara-sutena
go-sahasra⟨5⟩-hasty-aśva-hiraṇyāneka-bhūmi-pradena
guru-pitr̥-mātr̥-pūj¿a?⟨ā⟩-⟦na⟧⟨⟨ta⟩⟩tpareṇā⟨6⟩tyanta-deva-brāhmaṇa-bhaktena
naika-samara-śata-vijayinā sva-va¿n?śāmoda-ka⟨7⟩reṇa
mahārāja-śrī-hastinā sva-puṇyāpyāyanārtham
agnisv¿a?⟨ā⟩mi-puttra-bharadvāja ⟨8⟩
sagottra-vāj¿i?saneya-sabrahmac¿a?⟨ā⟩r⟦u⟧⟨⟨u⟩⟩ṇe devasvāmine
śarvvasvāmine ca ⟨9⟩ gorisvāmine vāj¿i?saneya-sabrahmacāriṇe
kautsa-sagottrāya di⟨10⟩vākarasvāmine ca sv¿a?⟨ā⟩tisvāmine
vāj¿a?saneya-sabr¿ā?⟨a⟩hmacāriṇe bhārgga⟨11⟩va-sagottrāya
varuṇaśarmma¿ṇaḥ? bappasvāmine vāsula-sagottr¿a?⟨ā⟩ya ⟨12⟩
kaṭha-sabrahmacāriṇe kumāradeva¿reva? vāj¿i?saneya-sabrahmacāri⟨13⟩¿na?
māt(r̥)śarmma¿ḥ? nāgaśa⟨r⟩mma rukharadeva¿ḥ? kaud(r)avadeva¿ḥ?
viṣṇ[u]deva¿ḥ? ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨14⟩ devanāga-kumārasena [1×] rudraśarmma
◯deva(dā?)ṅga(rāḥ?) lamvoṣṭha deda(mita) ⟨15⟩ mah(ā)deva guṇṭhaka Ity
evam-ādibhyo ¿brāhmaṇebhyottare?⟨brāhmaṇebhya Uttare⟩ paṭṭe
korppari⟨16⟩kāgrahāraḥ sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ A-cāṭa-bhaṭa-prāveśyo
tisr̥ṣṭa⟨17⟩s

tasyāghāṭāḥ⟨.⟩ pūrvveṇa korppara-garttā| Uttareṇānimuktaka-koṇakaḥ| ⟨18⟩
vaṅgara-grāmakasya dakṣiṇa-p(ā)rśve valaka-maddhyema vr̥kaḥ
Amvrāta-saṁtāra⟨19⟩kaḥ| paścimena nāgasarī| dakṣiṇena
balavarmma-paricchedaḥ

tad asma⟨20⟩⟨t⟩-kulotthair mmat-pāda-¿m?⟨p⟩iṇḍopajīvibhi⟦r nna⟧⟨⟨r vvā⟩⟩
kālāntareṣv api na vyāghātaḥ kāryya⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ ⟨21⟩ Evam ¿ājñāpta?⟨ājñapte⟩
yo nyathā kuryyā¿n?⟨t⟩ tam ahaṁ dehāntara-gato pi mahatāvadhyāne⟨22⟩na
¿nirddahed?⟨nirddaheyam⟩⟨.⟩ uktañ ca bhagavatā paramarṣiṇā veda-vyāsena|

1. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvva-dattā(ṁ) ⟨23⟩ dvijātibhyo
yatnād rakṣ{y}a yudhiṣṭhira{ḥ}|
mahī(ṁ) mah(i)matāṁ śreṣṭha
dānāc chre⟨24⟩yo nupālanaṁ|

2. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā
rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ
¿s?⟨y⟩asya ya⟨25⟩{ya}sya yadā bhūmis
tasya ⟨tasya⟩ tadā phala(M)

3. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattā⟨ṁ⟩ para-dattāṁ vā
yo hare⟨26⟩ta vasundharā(ṁ||)
sa viṣṭh¿a?⟨ā⟩yā⟨ṁ⟩ kr̥mir bhūtvā
pi¿tra?bhi⟨ḥ⟩ saha pacyate

4. Anuṣṭubh

⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨27⟩ ṣaṣṭ[iṁ] (va)[r]¿vv?⟨ṣ⟩a-sahasrāṇi
svargge modati bh¿u?⟨ū⟩mida⟨ḥ⟩
ācchet⟨t⟩ā ⟨28⟩ cānumant¿a ma?⟨ā ca⟩
¿na?⟨tā⟩ny eva narake vase⟨T⟩

likhitañ ca vakkrām¿a?⟨ā⟩tya-prana⟨29⟩ptr{anatr}ā
bhogika-naradatta-napt(r)ā bhogika-ravidatta-putre¿n?a
mahā⟨30⟩-sāndhivigrahika-s¿u?⟨ū⟩ryadat⟨t⟩ena¿ḥ?⟨|⟩ bhagraho dūtaka⟨ḥ⟩

## Bibliography

First mentioned in Thomas 1850, p. 12, n. 4. Noticed (by Thomas), with
translation (combined with INSSiddham00077) by H. H. Wilson, in Prinsep
& Thomas 1858, pp. 251–252. First edited in Hall 1861. Hall’s
translation reprinted in Cunningham 1879, pp. 11–12 (No. 2), with eye
copy of the passage containing the date (plate IV/2). Re-edited in Fleet
1888. Summarised in Trivedi & Trivedi 2001, p. 43 (No. 2).

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00078). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

### Secondary

Fleet, John Faithfull. 1888. Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings and
their successors. First edition. Vol. 3. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum.
Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing. Item 22.

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 1285.