# Belora Charter Fragment B3 of Pravarasena II

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Belora Plates or Pravarasena II

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00161

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00161.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

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

⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨1⟩ Ucitā¿ś?⟨ṁ⟩ cāsya pūrvva-rājānumatāṁ
cāturvvaidya-grāma-maryyādā¿n?⟨m⟩ vitarāmas⟨.⟩ tad yathā A-kara-dāyi ⟨2⟩
A-bhaṭa-cch¿a?⟨ā⟩tra-prāveśya A-pārampara-go-balivarddaḥ
A-puṣpa-kṣ¿i?⟨ī⟩ra-sandoha A-cārāsana-ca⟨3⟩rmmāṅgāra
A-lavaṇa-◯klinna-kleṇi-khanakaḥ sarvva-veṣṭi-parihāra-parihr̥taḥ
sa-nidhiḥ sopa⟨4⟩nidhiḥ sa-k¿li?⟨l̥⟩ptopak¿li?⟨l̥⟩pta
¿a?⟨ā⟩candrāditya-kālīya(ḥ) putra-pautrānugāmikaḥ bhuñjat¿ā?⟨o⟩ ⟨5⟩ na
kenacid vyāghāta(ẖ ka)rttavyaḥ sarvva-k¿r̥?⟨ri⟩yābhis sa⟨ṁ⟩rakṣitavyaḫ
parivarddhayitavyaś ca| yaś c¿a?⟨ā⟩smac-chā⟨6⟩sanam agaṇayamānaḥ svalpām
api paribādhā¿n?⟨ṅ⟩ kuryyāt ¿kārayira?⟨kārayeta⟩ vā Asya brāhmaṇair
vveditasya ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨7⟩ sa-daṇḍa-nigraha⟨ṁ⟩ kuryyāma||

asmi⟨ṁ⟩ś ca dharmmādara-karaṇe Atītāneka-rāja-¿dattāṁ
?⟨datta-⟩sañcint{y}ana-paripā⟨8⟩lana⟨ṁ⟩
kr̥ta-pu¿n?⟨ṇ⟩yānukīrttana-parihārārtthaṁ na kīrttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ vyāsa-gītau
cātra ślokau pramāṇī- ⟨9⟩ karttavyau|

1. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattām para-dattā⟨ṁ⟩ v{v}ā _
hared ¿vā?⟨yo⟩ vai vasundharā⟨ṁ⟩_
gavā⟨ṁ⟩ śata-sahasrasya|
hantur ha⟨10⟩rati duṣkr̥ta⟨ṁ⟩| ◯

2. Anuṣṭubh

¿ṣaṣṭhi?⟨ṣaṣṭiṁ⟩ varṣa-sahasrāṇi _
svargge modati bhūmi-daḥ⟨ḥ⟩|
Acchettā cā⟨11⟩numantā ca _
tāny eva narake vaseT

saṁvatsare ¿ekādaśame? 10 1 kārttika-śukla-pakṣa- ⟨12⟩ trayodaśyā⟨ṁ⟩ 10
3 sen¿a?⟨ā⟩patau citravarmmāṇinā likhita⟨M⟩|*

## 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, № IN00161). 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.