# Mansar Charter Fragment of a Vākāṭaka Ruler

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Mansar Plate of Pravarasena II, Ramtek Plate of
Pravarasena II

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00173

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00173.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 4r⟩ ⟨1⟩ sarvvāddhyakṣa-niyoga-niyuktā
Ājñā-sañcāri-kulaputrādha¿gata?⟨kr̥tā⟩ ⟨bhaṭāś chātrāś ca viśruta-⟩ ⟨2⟩
pūrvva¿samā?⟨yā⟩jñāyā{|} vaktavyā yathāsmābhir
ātma-dharmmāyur-bbal¿a?⟨ai⟩⟨3⟩{mai}śvaryya-◯vivr̥ddhaye Ihāmutra
cātmānugrahāya A-bhaṭa- ⟨4⟩ ¿ś?⟨c⟩ch¿a?⟨ā⟩tra-prāveśya⟨ḥ⟩
A-pārampara-go-balivardda⟨ḥ⟩ A-pu¿ḫph?⟨ṣp⟩a-kṣīra-sando⟨5⟩ha⟨ḥ⟩
A-¿p?⟨c⟩ārāsana-carmmāṅgāra⟨ḥ⟩ A-lavaṇa-kli¿pto?⟨nna⟩- ⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨6⟩
kreṇi-khanaka⟨ḥ⟩ sarvva-v¿e?⟨i⟩ṣṭi-parihāra-parih¿i?⟨r̥⟩taḥ
sa{pari}k¿li?⟨l̥⟩pto⟨7⟩pa{ri}k¿li?⟨l̥⟩pta Ācandr¿a?⟨ā⟩ditya-kālīya⟨ḥ⟩
putra-pautrānugāmī bhu⟨8⟩ñj¿ī?⟨a⟩t¿ā?⟨a⟩ḥ ◯ na kenaci⟨d⟩ vyāghātaẖ
karttavya⟨ḥ⟩ sarvvakriyābhi⟨ḥ⟩ rakṣi⟨9⟩tavyaḥ parivarddhayitavyaś ca⟨.⟩
yaś cāsmac-chāsanam aga¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ayamāna⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨10⟩ svalpām api paribādhā⟨ṁ⟩
kuryyāt ¿kārayitā?⟨kārayeta⟩ vā tasya brāhmaṇai

## Bibliography

First reported with translation in Hira Lal 1916, pp. 4–5. Studied in
detail, without edition, in Mirashi 1937. Edited in Mirashi 1963.
Discussed in Shastri 1997, pp. 36–37.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00173). 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 16.