# Balaghat Unfinished Charter of Pṛthivīṣeṇa II

Dániel Balogh

Alternative title: Balaghat Plates of Prithivishena II

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00175

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham)

File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00175.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 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ____ vembāra-vāsakād agniṣṭomāptoryyāmokthya- ⟨2⟩
ṣoḍaśy-atirātra-vājapeya-br̥haspati-sava-sādya⟨3⟩skra-catur-aśvamedha-yājina⟨ḥ⟩
viṣṇuvr̥ddha-sagotra⟨4⟩sya samrāṬ vākāṭakānāṁ
mahārāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-pravarase⟨5⟩nasya ◯ sūnos sūnoḥ Atyanta-svāmi-mahā-
⟨6⟩ bhairava-bha◯ktasya{|} A¿n?sa-bhāra-sa¿ṇṇ?⟨nn⟩iveśita-śiva- ⟨7⟩
liṅgodvahana-⊔śiva-suparituṣṭa-⊔samutpādita ⟨8⟩ rāja-va¿ṅ?śānām
parākramādhigata-bhāg¿i?⟨ī⟩ratthy-¿ā?⟨a⟩mala- ⟨9⟩
jala-mūrddhābhiṣiktānā¿n? daśāśvamedhāva⟨Page 2r⟩⟨10⟩bhr̥tha-snātanā_m
bhāraśivānām mahārāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-rudrase⟨11⟩nasya sūnoḥ
Atyanta-māheśvarasya satyārjjava- ⟨12⟩
kāru¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ya-śauryya-vikkrama-naya-vinaya-māhā⟨13⟩tmya-dh¿i?⟨ī⟩ma¿tv?a-◯pātra-gata-bhaktitva-dharmm¿ā?⟨a⟩-vijayitva-ma¿ṇ?⟨n⟩o-
⟨14⟩ nairmm¿ā?⟨a⟩◯lyādi{r}guṇa-samuditasya va¿rṣṣ?a-śata⟨15⟩m
abhivarddhamāna-kośa-daṇḍa-sādhana-santāna-putra- ⟨16⟩ paut¿r̥?⟨ri⟩ṇaḥ
yudhiṣṭhira-vr̥tte¿vvi?⟨r vvā⟩kāṭakānām
mahā⟨17⟩rāja-śr[ī]-_pr̥thiv¿i?ṣeṇasya sūno⟨ḥ⟩_ bhagavata⟨18⟩ś
cakrapāṇe⟨ḥ⟩ prasādopārjjita-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩- ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨19⟩ samudayasya _
vākāṭakānām mahārāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-rudra⟨20⟩senasya sūnoḥ
pūrvva-rājānuvr̥tta-mā⟨r⟩ggā¿ṇ?⟨n⟩usā⟨21⟩riṇaḥ
sunaya-bala-parākramo¿m?⟨c⟩chi¿ṇṇ?⟨nn⟩a-sarvva-dvi⟨22⟩ṣaḥ
mahārājādhirāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-devagupta-sutāyā⟨23⟩m prabhā◯vat¿i?guptāyām
utpa¿ṇṇ?⟨nn⟩asya vākāṭa⟨24⟩ka va¿ṅ?śālaṅkāra-bhūtasya śambhoḥ
prasādāddh¿ra?⟨r̥⟩⟨25⟩ta-kārtta-yugasya{|} vākāṭakānām
mahārāj{j}a-śr¿a?⟨ī⟩- ⟨26⟩ pravarasenasya sūnoḥ pūrvvādhigata-guṇa- ⟨27⟩
(vi?)(śv)ā(y)āM _ dapahr̥ta-va¿ṅ?śa-śr¿a?⟨i⟩yaḥ kosalā- ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨28⟩
maikalā-mālavādhipati⟨bhi⟩r abhyarcc[i]ta-śāsanasya
pra⟨29⟩tāpa-pra¿lā?⟨ṇa⟩tāri⟨śā⟩sanasya _ vākāṭakānām
mahā⟨30⟩rāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-narendrasenasya sūnoẖ kuntalādhipati- ⟨31⟩
sutāyā⟨ṁ⟩ mahādevyām ajjhitabhaṭṭārikāyām u⟨32⟩tpa¿ṇṇ?⟨nn⟩a◯sya _
t¿a?⟨e⟩jaḥ-kṣamā-sa¿ṇṇ?⟨nn⟩idhāna-bh¿u?⟨bhū⟩ta⟨33⟩sya{|}
¿dvi?magna-va¿ṅ?śasyoddharttuḥ vākāṭakānā⟨34⟩m
parama-bhāgavata-mahārāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-pr̥thiv¿i?ṣe⟨35⟩ṇasya vacanā(T)
Asmat-sa(n)takā⟨ḥ⟩ sarvvāddhyakṣa

## Bibliography

First reported and edited in Kielhorn 1907–1908. Re-edited in Mirashi
1963. Correction proposed in Shastri [1989] 1975–1976, pp.
169–180:172-173. Discussed in Shastri 1997, p. 37 and 70-77.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant
Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00175). 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 1708.

Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu. 1963. Inscriptions of the Vākāṭakas. Corpus
Inscriptionum Indicarum 5. Ootacamund: Archaeological Survey of India.
Item 18.