Nandapur Charter of GE 169

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified) (brāhmī_southern_unspecified)].

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00133.

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

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⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasty⟨.⟩ amvilagrāmāgrahārāt saviśvāsam adhikaraṇ¿ā?m jaṅgoyikā-grāme brāhmaṇottarān saṁvyavahā ⟨2⟩ ry-ādi-kuṭumvinaḥ kuśalam anuvarṇṇya ¿bodhayanti? ¿likhanti? cavijnāpayati naḥ viṣaya-pati-chattramahaḥ ⟨3⟩ Icchāmy ahaṁ sva-puṇyābhivr̥ddhaye nanda-vaitheya-khaṭāpurāṇāgrahārika-cchāndoga-kāśyapa-sagottra-brāhmaṇ(ā) ⟨4⟩ [**]-svāmine pañca-mahā-yajña-pravarttanāya khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-catuṣṭayaṁ krītvātisraṣṭuM⟨.⟩ ⟨5⟩ yuṣmad-viṣaye ca samudaya-vāhyādy-astamva-khila-kṣettrāṇāṁ śaśvad-ācandrārka-tāraka-bhojyā⟨nā⟩ ⟨6⟩ m akṣaya-nīvyāḥ dvi-dīnārikya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttas⟨.⟩ tad arhatha matto ṣṭau dīnārān upa ⟨7⟩ saṁgr̥hya jaṅgoyikā-grāme khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-catuṣṭayam akṣaya-nīvyās tāmra-paṭṭena dātum iti⟨8⟩ yataḥ pustapāla-pradyotasi¿ṅ?ha-bandhudāsayor a⟨⟨va⟩⟩dhāraṇayāvadhr̥tam astīha viṣaye samudaya ⟨9⟩ -vāhyādy-astamva-khilakṣettrāṇām akiñcit-pratikarāṇāṁ dvi-dīnārikya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttaḥ⟨.⟩ ⟨10⟩ Evam-vidhotpratikara-khila-kṣettra-vikraye ca na kaścid rājārttha-virodhaḥ⟨.⟩ dīyamāne tu parama-bhaṭṭāraka ⟨11⟩ -pādānāṁ dharmma-ṣaḍ-bhāgāvāptis⟨.⟩ tad dīyatām ity etasmād viṣaya-pati-chattramahād aṣṭau dīnārān upa ⟨12⟩ saṁgr̥hya jaṅgoyikā-grāme gorakṣita-tāmra-paṭṭa-dakṣiṇena gopāli-bhogāyā paścimena khila ⟨13⟩ -kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-catuṣṭayaṁ dattaM⟨.⟩ ku 4te yūyam evaṁ viditvā kuṭumvināṁ karṣaṇāvirodhi-sthāne ⟨14⟩ darvvī-karmma-hastenāṣṭaka-navaka-nalābhyām apaviñchya cira-kāla-sthāyi-tuṣāṅgārādi-cihnaiś catur-ddi ⟨15⟩ ṅ-niyamita-saṁmānaṁ kr̥tvā dāsyatha da¿tv?ā cākṣaya-nīvī-dharmmeṇa śaśvat-kālam anupālayiṣyatha⟨.⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨16⟩ varttamāna-bhaviṣyaiś ca saṁvyavahāribhir etad dharmmāpekṣayānupālayitavyam iti⟨.⟩ Uktañ ca bhaga ⟨17⟩ (vatā vyā)se(na)sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vāyo hareta vasundharāṁsa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvāpitr̥bhiḥ saha ⟨18⟩ pacyate(ṣaṣṭiṁ) varṣa-sahasrāṇisvarge modati bhūmidaḥ_Ākṣeptā cānumantā catāny eva na ⟨19⟩ rake vaseT_ saṁ _ 100 60 9 _ vai śu di 7

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasty⟨.⟩ amvilagrāmāgrahārāt saviśvāsam adhikaraṇ⟨a⟩m jaṅgoyikā-grāme brāhmaṇottarān saṁvyavahā⟨2⟩ry-ādi-kuṭumvinaḥ kuśalam anuvarṇṇya ⟨bodhayati⟩ ⟨likhati⟩ ca

vijnāpayati naḥ viṣaya-pati-chattramahaḥ ⟨3⟩ Icchāmy ahaṁ sva-puṇyābhivr̥ddhaye nanda-vaitheya-khaṭāpurāṇāgrahārika-cchāndoga-kāśyapa-sagottra-brāhmaṇ(ā)⟨4⟩[ca. 2×]-svāmine pañca-mahā-yajña-pravarttanāya khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-catuṣṭayaṁ krītvātisraṣṭuM⟨.⟩ ⟨5⟩ yuṣmad-viṣaye ca samudaya-vāhyādy-astamva-khila-kṣettrāṇāṁ śaśvad-ācandrārka-tāraka-bhojyā⟨nā⟩⟨6⟩m akṣaya-nīvyāḥ dvi-dīnārikya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttas⟨.⟩ tad arhatha matto ṣṭau dīnārān upa⟨7⟩saṁgr̥hya jaṅgoyikā-grāme khila-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-catuṣṭayam akṣaya-nīvyās tāmra-paṭṭena dātum iti

⟨8⟩ yataḥ pustapāla-pradyotasi¿ṅ?ha-bandhudāsayor a⟨⟨va⟩⟩dhāraṇayāvadhr̥tam astīha viṣaye samudaya⟨9⟩-vāhyādy-astamva-khilakṣettrāṇām akiñcit-pratikarāṇāṁ dvi-dīnārikya-kulya-vāpa-vikkrayo nuvr̥ttaḥ⟨.⟩ ⟨10⟩ Evam-vidhotpratikara-khila-kṣettra-vikraye ca na kaścid rājārttha-virodhaḥ⟨.⟩ dīyamāne tu parama-bhaṭṭāraka⟨11⟩-pādānāṁ dharmma-ṣaḍ-bhāgāvāptis⟨.⟩ tad dīyatām ity etasmād viṣaya-pati-chattramahād aṣṭau dīnārān upa⟨12⟩saṁgr̥hya jaṅgoyikā-grāme gorakṣita-tāmra-paṭṭa-dakṣiṇena gopāli-bhogāyā paścimena khila⟨13⟩-kṣettra-kulya-vāpa-catuṣṭayaṁ dattaM⟨.⟩ ku 4

te yūyam evaṁ viditvā kuṭumvināṁ karṣaṇāvirodhi-sthāne ⟨14⟩ darvvī-karmma-hastenāṣṭaka-navaka-nalābhyām apaviñchya cira-kāla-sthāyi-tuṣāṅgārādi-cihnaiś catur-ddi⟨15⟩ṅ-niyamita-saṁmānaṁ kr̥tvā dāsyatha da¿tv?ā cākṣaya-nīvī-dharmmeṇa śaśvat-kālam anupālayiṣyatha⟨.⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨16⟩ varttamāna-bhaviṣyaiś ca saṁvyavahāribhir etad dharmmāpekṣayānupālayitavyam iti⟨.⟩ Uktañ ca bhaga⟨17⟩(vatā vyā)se(na)

1. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

yo hareta vasundharāṁ

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

pitr̥bhiḥ saha ⟨18⟩ pacyate

2. Anuṣṭubh

(ṣaṣṭiṁ) varṣa-sahasrāṇi

svarge modati bhūmidaḥ_

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

tāny eva na⟨19⟩rake vaseT

_ saṁ _ 100 60 9 _ vai śu di 7

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasty⟨.⟩ amvilagrāmāgrahārāt saviśvāsam adhikaraṇ¿ā?⟨a⟩m jaṅgoyikā-grāme brāhmaṇottarān saṁvyavahā⟨2⟩ry-ādi-kuṭumvinaḥ kuśalam anuvarṇṇya ¿bodhayanti?⟨bodhayati⟩ ¿likhanti?⟨likhati⟩ ca

1. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

yo hareta vasundharāṁ

sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā

pitr̥bhiḥ saha ⟨18⟩ pacyate

2. Anuṣṭubh

(ṣaṣṭiṁ) varṣa-sahasrāṇi

svarge modati bhūmidaḥ_

Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca

tāny eva na⟨19⟩rake vaseT

_ saṁ _ 100 60 9 _ vai śu di 7

Bibliography

First reported and edited in Majumdar [1940] 1935–1936. Comments in Ghosh [1942] 1937–1938.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00133). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

Secondary

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 48a.

Goyal, Śrīrām. 1993. गुप्तकालीन अभिलेख/Guptakālīna Abhilekha (Inscriptions of the Gupta Age). Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan. Items 296-299.

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The halanta M at the end of l4 seems to be a special form; it isn't very clear but perhaps a regular-sized ma with the right vertical extended at the top (bending right pretty high up) and bottom (bending left a little below the baseline).

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Sircar says ādyastamba (l9) means "covered with original shrubs". I don't find this very convincing and I'm inclined to think astamba means not planted with grain, or perhaps without grass (for grazing), but the whole expression seems rather uncertain; in my interpretation, the ādi is a bit unexpected.

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The halanta M is even less clear than the one above.

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<l n="c">Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca</l>

<l n="d">tāny eva na<lb n="19" break="no"/>rake vaseT</l><!--

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<p><space/> saṁ <space/> <num value="169"><g type="numeral">100</g> <g type="numeral">60</g> 9</num> <space/> vai śu di <num value="7">7</num><!--

Sircar reads the day as 8. It isn't very clear, but 7 seems more likely to me. Also, Sircar does not print a note saying Maumdar read differently, so this could be a typo in Sircar's book.

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