# Dudia Charter of Pravarasena II Dániel Balogh Alternative title: Dudia Plates of Pravarasena II Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00167 Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham) File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00167.xml Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ### Seal 1. Anuṣṭubh ⟨1⟩ vākāṭaka-lalāmasya| ⟨2⟩ kkrama-prāp¿y?⟨t⟩a-nr̥pa-śriya¿M?⟨ḥ⟩| ⟨3⟩ rājñaḫ pravarasenasya| ⟨4⟩ śāsanaṁ ripu-śāsanaM| ### Plates ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ dr̥ṣṭa(M)⟨.⟩ pravarapur(ā)T⟨.⟩ Agniṣṭom¿a?⟨mā⟩ptoryyāmokthya-ṣoḍaśy-atir⟦o⟧⟨⟨ā⟩⟩tra-vājapeya-br̥haspati- ⟨2⟩ sava-sādyaskra-catur-aśvamedha-yājnaḥ viṣṇuvr̥ddha-sagotrasya ¿samrāṭaḥ?⟨ samrājaḥ⟩ vākāṭakānām ma⟨3⟩hārāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-pravarasenasya sūnoḥ sūnoḥ Atyanta-svāmi-mahā-bhairava-bhaktasya Aṁsa-bhāra-sa⟨4⟩nniveśita-śi[va]◯liṅgodvahana-śiva-suparituṣṭa-samutpādita-rāja-vaṁśānām-parākra⟨5⟩mādhigata-bhāg¿i?⟨ī⟩◯ratthy-amala-jala-mūrddh-ābhiṣiktānā¿n? daśāśvamedhāvabhr̥¿t?⟨th⟩a-snātānām bhā⟨6⟩raśivānām mahārāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-bhavanāga-dauhitrasya gautam¿i?⟨ī⟩putrasya putrasya vākāṭa⟨7⟩kānām-mah¿a?⟨ā⟩rāja-śrī-rudrasenasya sūnoḥ Atyanta-māheśvarasya satyārjjava-kāruṇya- ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨8⟩ śauryya-vikkrama-naya-vinaya-māhātmya-dh¿i?⟨ī⟩ma¿t?va-pātra-gata-bhaktitva-dharmma-vijayitva-mano-nairmmaly¿a?⟨ā⟩di-gu⟨9⟩ṇai⟨⟨ḥ⟩⟩ samuditasya varṣa-śatam abh¿ī?⟨i⟩varddhamāna-kośa-daṇḍa-sādhana-santāna-putra-pautriṇaḥ yudhiṣṭhira-vr̥tter vvā⟨10⟩kāṭakān¿a?⟨ā⟩m mahārāja-śrī-pr̥thiv¿i?⟨ī⟩ṣe¿n?⟨ṇ⟩asya sūnoḥ bhagavataś cakrapāṇe⟨ḥ⟩ prasādopā⟨r⟩jjita-śrī-samuda⟨11⟩yasya vākā◯ṭakānām mahārāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-rudrasenasya sūnoḥ mahārājādhirāja-devagupta- ⟨12⟩ sutāyā¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩ prabhāvat¿i?guptāyām utpannasya vākāṭakānām mah¿a?⟨ā⟩rāja-śrī-pravarasenasya ⟨13⟩ v¿ā?⟨a⟩canāT _ āram(b)i-rājye Asmat-santakās sarvvāddhyakṣa-niyoga-niyuktāḥ Ājñā-sañcāri-kula- ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨14⟩ putr¿a?⟨ā⟩dhikr̥tāḥ bhaṭāś chātr¿a?⟨ā⟩ś ca ¿vyuṣata?⟨viśruta⟩-pūrvva{ma}yājñ¿ā?⟨a⟩y¿a?⟨ā⟩jñāpayitavy¿a?⟨ā⟩ḥ viditam astu va⟨ḥ⟩ yathehāsmābhi⟨15⟩r ātmano dharmmāyur-bba¿lamai?⟨lai⟩śvaryya-vivr̥ddhaye Ihāmutra-hitārttham ātmānugrahāya vaijayike dharmma-sthāne candrapura- ⟨16⟩ saṅgamikāyāḥ darbbhamalake bhūme⟦(ca)⟧ḫ pañcaviṁśāṁ kauśika-sagotr¿a?⟨ā⟩ya yakṣāryyāya hiraṇyapura-bhoge ⟨17⟩ karmmakāra-grā◯me bhūme⟨ḥ⟩ ṣaṣṭi⟨ḥ⟩ kauṇḍinya-sagotrāya ¿kāliśarmmāya? Apūrvva-dat⟨t⟩yā Udaka-pūrvva⟨18⟩m atisr̥ṣṭaḥ⟨.⟩ Ucitā⟨ṁ⟩ś cāsya pūrvva-rājānumatā¿ṁ?⟨n⟩ cāturvvaidya-grāma-ma⟨r⟩yyādā-parihārā{rttha}n vitarāma⟦ḥ⟧s ta⟨19⟩{ta}d yathā A-kara-dāyinyau A-bhaṭa-cch¿a?⟨ā⟩tra-prāveśya A-pārampara-go-balīvardda A-puṣpa-kṣ¿i?⟨ī⟩ra- ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨20⟩ sandohau A-¿v?⟨c⟩ārā-sana-carmmāṅgārau{|} A-lava¿n?⟨ṇ⟩a-klinna-kkreṇi-khanakau sarvva-v¿e?⟨i⟩ṣṭi-parihāra-par¿ī?⟨i⟩hr̥tau ⟨21⟩ sanidhis sopani(dhī){|} sak¿li?⟨l̥⟩ptopak¿li?⟨l̥⟩ptau{|} ācandrāditya-kālīyau _ putra-pautrānugāmī bhuñjatā⟨ṁ⟩ na kenaci⟨22⟩⟨d⟩ vyāghātaẖ karttavyaḥ _ sarvva-kkriyābhis saṁrakṣitavyaḥ parivarddhayitavyaś ca⟨.⟩ yaś cāsmac-chāsan¿ā?⟨a⟩m aga¿n?⟨ṇ⟩aya⟨23⟩mān¿e?⟨a⟩ḥ ◯ sval¿ṣ?⟨p⟩ām api paribādhā¿kuṁ?⟨ṁ ku⟩ryyāt ¿kārayita?⟨kārayeta⟩ vā tasya brāhmaṇair vveditasya sa-daṇḍa- ⟨24⟩ nigrahaṅ kuryyāma{ḥ} asm¿ī?⟨i⟩⟨ṁ⟩ś ca dharmmādara-karaṇe Atītāneka-rāja-datt¿āṁ?⟨a⟩-sañcintana-paripālana⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨25⟩ kr̥ta-puṇyānukīrttana-parihārārtthan na kīrttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ saṅkalpābhi{d}yo¿dh?⟨g⟩a-parākkramopajit¿a?⟨ā⟩n varttamānā⟨Page 3v⟩⟨26⟩n ājñāpayāmaḥ| ¿eṣya⟨⟨ta⟩⟩t-kāla-prabhaviṣṇu?-gauravā{ṁ}d bhaviṣyān vijñāpayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ vyāsa-gītaś cātra ślokaḥ{|} ⟨27⟩ pramāṇī-karttavyaḥ| 1. Anuṣṭubh sva-dattām paradattā(ṁ) v{v}ā yo hareta vasundharā¿N?⟨M⟩| gavā⟨ṁ⟩ śata-sahasrasya haṁt{t}ur ha⟨28⟩rati duṣkr̥taM| ◯ saṁv{v}atsare ¿trayovitśatime?⟨trayoviṁśatitame⟩ varṣā-pakṣe caturtthe divase daśame senāpatau{|} ⟨29⟩ nami(dā)se| ◯ likhitaṁ goladāsena|| ## Bibliography First reported and edited in Kielhorn 1894–1895, re-edited in Mirashi 1963. Discussed in Shastri 1997, pp. 25–27. Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00167). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh. ### Secondary 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 1707. Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu. 1963. Inscriptions of the Vākāṭakas. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum 5. Ootacamund: Archaeological Survey of India. Item 10.