# Belora Charter Fragment B2 of Pravarasena II

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Belora Plates or Pravarasena II

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00160

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00160.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

⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨1⟩ satyārjjava-kāruṇya-śauryya-vikrama-naya-vinaya-māhātm⟨y⟩a
dhīma¿tv?a-pātra-gata-bhaktitva-dharmma- ⟨2⟩
vijayitva-mano-nai⟨r⟩mmalyādi-guṇa-samupetasya _ varṣa-śatam
abhivarddhamāna-kośa-daṇḍa-sā⟨3⟩dhana-santāna-putra◯-paut¿r̥?⟨ri⟩ṇaḥ
yudhiṣṭhira-vr̥tter vākāṭakānām
mahārāja-śrī-p¿ri?thiv¿i?⟨ī⟩¿s?⟨ṣ⟩e¿n?⟨ṇ⟩asya ⟨4⟩ sūno⟨r⟩ bhagavataḥ◯
{ś}cakkrapāṇeḫ prasādopārjjita-śrī-samudayasya
m{m}ahārāja-śrī-rudra⟨5⟩senasya sūnor
mmahārājādhirāja-śrī-devagupta-sutāyā¿ḫ?⟨m⟩ prabhāvat¿i?guptāyām
utpannasya ⟨6⟩ śambhoḫ prasā¿v?⟨d⟩a-dhr̥t¿i?⟨a⟩-kārtta-yugasya{|}
vākāṭakānām parama-māheśvara-mah¿e?⟨ā⟩rāja-śrī-pravarase⟨Page
2v⟩⟨7⟩¿t?⟨n⟩asya vacanā(T|)

pākkaṇa-rāṣṭṭre dīrgghadrahaṁ {n}nāma grāma⟨ḥ⟩{|}_ śailapura-mārgge
Asi-bhukti- ⟨8⟩ mahallamalāṭa-grāmaś ca _ evaṁ grāma-dvayaṁ{||}
pravar¿a?⟨e⟩śvara-ṣadviṣati-vāṭaka-vastavya- ⟨9⟩
taittir¿i?⟨ī⟩ya-kāśyapasagotra-⟦ṣ⟧⟨⟨s⟩⟩¿u?⟨ū⟩ryyasvāmin¿a?⟨e⟩
datta⟨M⟩(|) yato smat-santakāḥ sarvv¿a?⟨ā⟩ddhyakṣa-niyoga- ⟨10⟩ niyuktāḥ
Ājñā-◯sañcāri-kula-putrādhikr̥tāḥ bhaṭāś chātrāś ca
vi¿ṣr̥?⟨śru⟩ta-pūrvvayājñ⟨ay⟩ājñā⟨11⟩payitavyā⟨ḥ⟩

viditam astu vaḥ yath¿ai?⟨e⟩hāsmābhir ātmano dharmmāyur-bbala
vijay¿a?⟨ai⟩śvaryya-vivr̥ddhaye{|} ihā⟨12⟩mutra-hitārttham
ātmānugrah¿a?⟨ā⟩ya vaij¿jai?⟨jayi⟩ke dharmma-sthāne Apūrvva-dat⟨t⟩yā
Udaka-pūrvvam atisr̥ṣṭaḥ

## Bibliography

First reported and edited in Mirashi 1937–1938. Discussed in Shastri
1997, pp. 13–16.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00160). Encoding
updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

### Secondary

Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu. 1963. Inscriptions of the Vākāṭakas. Corpus
Inscriptionum Indicarum 5. Ootacamund: Archaeological Survey of India.
Item 5.