# Indore Incomplete Charter of Pravarasena II Dániel Balogh Alternative title: Indore Plates of Pravarasena II Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00166 Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham) File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00166.xml Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨1⟩ d¿a?⟨au⟩hitrasya gautamī-putrasya putrasya vākāṭak¿a?⟨ā⟩nām mahārāja-śrī-rudrasenasya sūno⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨2⟩ Atya(nta)-m¿a?⟨ā⟩heśvarasya satyārjjava-kāruṇya-śauryya-vikrama-naya-vinaya-māhātmya- ⟨3⟩ dh¿i?⟨ī⟩ma¿t?va-pātra-gata-bhaktitva-dharmma-vijayitva-mano-nairmmalyādi-guṇa-samuditasya ⟨4⟩ varṣa-śatam abh¿a?⟨i⟩varddha◯māna-kośa-daṇḍa-sādhana-santāna-putra-pau(t)ri(ṇa)⟨ḥ⟩ yudhiṣṭhira- ⟨5⟩ vr̥tter vvākāṭakānā⟨ṁ⟩ mahārāja-śrī-p¿ri?thiv¿i?ṣeṇasya sūnoḥ bhagavataś-cakrapāṇe[ḥ] ⟨6⟩ prasādopārjjita-śrī-samudayasya vākāṭakānā⟨ṁ⟩ mahārāja-śrī-rudrasena⟨Page 2v⟩⟨7⟩sya sūno⟨ḥ⟩ mahārājādhirāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-devagupta-sutāyā⟨ṁ⟩ prabhāvat¿i?guptāyām utpanna⟨8⟩sya vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya vacanā⟨T⟩ _ gepuraka-mārgge Asma⟨9⟩t-sant¿i?⟨a⟩kās sarvvāddhyakṣa-niyoga-niyuktāḥ Ājñā-saṁcāri-kulaputrādhikr̥tā bhaṭā⟨10⟩¿(c)?⟨ś⟩ chātrāś ca ¿vyuṣita?⟨viśruta⟩-◯pūrvva{ma}(y)ājña(y)āj(ñā)pay¿a?⟨i⟩tavyā⟨ḥ⟩ viditam astu vaḥ ⟨11⟩ ya¿vā?⟨the⟩hāsmābhir ātmano {dh}dharmm(ā)yur-b¿l?⟨b⟩al¿a?⟨ai⟩śvaryya-vivr̥ddh¿i?⟨a⟩y¿a?⟨e⟩ ihāmutrahitārttha(ṁ) ⟨12⟩ vaijayike dharmma-sthāne _ ārāmakasya Uttara-pārśve _ kovidārikāyā⟨ḥ⟩ pūrvva- ⟨13⟩ pārśve _ ¿m(u)la?⟨mūle⟩ ¿datām?⟨dattam⟩ iti|| ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨14⟩ kośambakasya dakṣiṇa-p(ār)śv(e) _ añjaṇa-vāṭakasya Apara-p(ār)śv(e) viśākhāryya-vāṭaka⟨15⟩sya (ā/a)rāmaka-v(ā)stavya-_vāji-kauśika-sagotra-viśākhāryya-putra-goṇḍā⟨16⟩ryyāya _ goṇḍāryyaputra-_manorathāryyāya _ govāryyāya _ devāryyāya ⟨17⟩ bāppāryyāya ca◯ kumārāryyāya _ droṇāryyāya ca pū(r)vva-dattā Iti kr̥tvā ⟨18⟩ yato sm¿a?⟨ā⟩bhi⟨ḥ⟩ śāsana-nibandhaẖ kr̥taḥ _ Apūrvva-datt⟨y⟩ā Udaka-pūrvvam atisr̥ṣṭaḥ⟨.⟩ ⟨19⟩ Ucitā⟨ṁ⟩ś cāsya pūrvva-rājānumatā⟨n⟩ cāturvv¿a?⟨ai⟩dya-grāma-¿maryyā(d)ām parihā?⟨maryyādā-parihārān⟩ _ vita⟨20⟩rāmaḥ⟨.⟩ _ at(r)a vāṭ¿ā?⟨a⟩kārddha⟨ṁ⟩ vāṇijaka-ca(ṁ)dre(ṇa) (kra)ya(kr)ītaṁ b(rā)h(m)a⟨ṇe⟩bh(yo) bhagavat-p(ā)da- ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨21⟩ tad yathā _ A-kara-dāyī A-bhaṭa-cch¿a?⟨ā⟩tra-prāveśya⟨ḥ⟩ _ a-pāraṁpara-¿t?⟨g⟩o-balivardda⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨22⟩ A-puṣpa-kṣ¿i?⟨ī⟩ra-sa⟨ṁ⟩doha⟨ḥ⟩ _ a-cār¿a?⟨ā⟩-sana-ca⟨rm⟩māṅgāra⟨ḥ⟩ A-lavaṇa-kli¿t?va-kreṇi-khanaka⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨23⟩ sarvva-viṣṭi-parihāra-parih¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ta(ḥ) _ sa¿t?⟨n⟩idhis sopa¿t?⟨n⟩idhi(ḥ) _ sa-kl̥ptopakl̥ptaḥ ⟨24⟩ Ācandrāditya-◯kālīya(ḥ) putra-pautrānugāmī bhuñjatā⟨ṁ⟩ na kenaci⟨d⟩ ⟨25⟩ vyāghāta⟨ḥ⟩ {(na)} karttavyas sarvvak¿r̥?⟨ri⟩yābhi⟨ḥ⟩ sa⟨ṁ⟩rakṣitavyaḫ parivarddhayitavyaś ca⟨.⟩ yaś cā⟨26⟩smac-chāsanam-aga¿ni?⟨ṇa⟩yamān¿ā?⟨aḥ⟩ svalpām api paribādhā¿(n)?⟨ṅ⟩ kuryāt ¿kārayina?⟨kārayeta⟩ vā ⟨27⟩ tasya brāhmaṇair vve¿v?⟨d⟩itasya sa-daṇḍa-nigrahaṁ kuryyāma{ḥ} asmiṁś ca dharmm(ā)dhi⟨Page 3r⟩⟨28⟩karaṇe _ Atītāneka-rāja-datt¿ā?⟨a⟩-sañci¿tn?⟨nt⟩ana-paripālana⟨ṁ⟩ kr̥ta-puṇyānuk¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨29⟩rttana-parihārārttha⟨ṁ⟩ na kīrttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ saṁkalpābhidyo¿dh?⟨g⟩a-parākram¿a?⟨o⟩paj¿ā?⟨i⟩tān va¿tth?⟨rtt⟩a ⟨30⟩ mānān ājñāpayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ ¿eṣyatat-kāla-prabhaviṣ(ṇā)?-gauravād bhaviṣ⟨y⟩ā¿d?⟨n⟩ vijñā⟨31⟩payāmaḥ⟨.⟩ vyā◯sa-gītaś cātra ślokaḫ pramā(ṇī)-karttavyaḥ| 1. Anuṣṭubh sva-dattā⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨32⟩ para-dattā⟨ṁ⟩ v{v}ā yo hareta vasundharā⟨ṁ⟩ gavā⟨ṁ⟩ śata-sahasrasya hantu⟨33⟩ḫ pibati duṣkr̥taṁ _ saṁvatsare trayoviṁśe vaiśākha-bahula-paṁcamyāṁ⟨.⟩ ⟨34⟩ Ājñā ⊔ svayaṁ⟨.⟩ rajuka-⊔koṭṭadevena likhitaM ## Bibliography First reported and edited in Bose [1942] 1937–1938, re-edited in Mirashi 1963, discussed in Shastri 1997, pp. 23–25. Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00166). 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 9.