# Mandhal Charter of Pravarasena II, Year 17 Dániel Balogh Alternative title: Mandhal Plates of Pravarasena II, Year 16 and 17 Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham00183 Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham) File path: XML-Provisional/DHARMA_INSSiddham00183.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-la¿ma?⟨lā⟩masya ⟨2⟩ kkrama-prāpta-n(r̥)pa-śriyaḥ ⟨3⟩ rājña⟨ḥ⟩ pravaras(e)nasya ⟨4⟩ śāsana⟨ṁ⟩ ripu-śās(a)na⟨ṁ⟩ ### Plates ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ d¿ri?⟨r̥⟩ṣṭaṁ⟨.⟩ svasti⟨.⟩ pravarapurād agniṣṭomāptoryyāmokthya-ṣoḍaśy-atirātra-vāja⟨2⟩peya-br̥haspati-sava-sādyaskra-catur-aśvamedha-yājinaḥ viṣṇu(v)¿ra?⟨r̥⟩ddha⟨3⟩-sagotrasya ⟦pa⟧⟨⟨sa⟩⟩◯mrāṬ vākāṭakānā(ṁ) mahārāja-śrī-pravarasenasya ⟨4⟩ sūnos sūnoḥ Atya(n)¿n?⟨t⟩a-svāmi-mahā-bh(ai)rava-bhaktasya A⟨ṁ⟩sa{ṁ}bhāra sa(nn)i{v(i)} ⟨5⟩ v¿i?⟨e⟩śita-¿g?⟨ś⟩iva-(li)ṅg¿ā?⟨o⟩dvahana-śiva-suparit(u)ṣ¿(u?)?⟨ṭa⟩-samutpādita-rājavaṁśānā⟨Page 2r⟩⟨6⟩m parākram¿a?⟨ā⟩dhigata-bhāg¿i?⟨ī⟩ratthy-a¿s?⟨m⟩ala-jala-mūrddhābhiṣikt¿a?⟨ā⟩nā¿n? daśāś¿y?⟨v⟩ame⟨7⟩dhāvabhr̥tha-snātanām bhāraśivānām mahārāja-śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-bhavanāga-dauhitrasya ⟨8⟩ g¿o?⟨au⟩tamī(p)u◯trasya putrasya vākāṭakānāṁ mahārāja-śrī-rudrase⟨9⟩(na)sya sūnor atya(n)ta-māheśvarasya saty(ā)rjjava-kāruṇya-śauryya-vikkrama-na ⟨10⟩ ya-vinaya-m¿a?⟨ā⟩hātmya-dhīma¿ty?⟨ttv⟩a-pātra-gata-bhaktit¿y?⟨v⟩a-dha(r)mma-vijayit¿y?⟨v⟩a-mano-nairm[m]a⟨Page 2v⟩⟨11⟩ly¿a?⟨ā⟩di-guṇa-samupetasya varṣa-śatam abhivarddhamāna-kośa-daṇḍa-sādhana-sa⟨12⟩(n)¿n?⟨t⟩āna-putra-pautr¿a?⟨i⟩¿t?⟨ṇ⟩o yudhiṣṭhira-v¿a?⟨r̥⟩tter-vvāk¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭakānā(ṁ) mahārāja-śrī-p¿ri?⟨r̥⟩thiv¿i?¿s?⟨ṣ⟩e ⟨13⟩ ṇasya sūno◯r bbha{ṅ}gavataś cakrapāṇ¿a?⟨e⟩⟨ḥ pra⟩sādopārjjita-śrī-samudayasya ⟨14⟩ vākāṭakānā⟨ṁ⟩ ◯ mahārāja-śrī-rudras¿a?⟨e⟩nasya sūno⟨ḥ⟩ mahārājādhirā⟨15⟩ja-śrī-devagupta-sutāyām prabhāvat¿i? gupt¿a?⟨ā⟩yām utpannasya ¿śāmbhāḫ?⟨śambhoḫ⟩ pra⟨Page 3r⟩⟨16⟩sāda-dhr̥t¿i?⟨a⟩-kā⟨r⟩tta-yugasya vākāṭakānām parama-māheś¿y?⟨v⟩ara-mahārāja-śrī⟨17⟩-pravarasenasya vacanā⟨T⟩ beṇṇātaṭa Aparapaṭṭe mmayasaggrām(a)⟨18⟩(n) nāma grāma⟨ḥ⟩ ◯ p¿u?⟨ū⟩rvva-sthita-s¿i?⟨ī⟩mā-parigraheṇa ⟨19⟩ ___◯ṣoḍa¿ṣ?⟨ś⟩ama-sā⟨ṁ⟩v{v}atsarika-kā⟨r⟩ttika-pradā(t)o ⟨20⟩ beṇṇātaṭa-vāstavya _ tait¿n?⟨t⟩irika _ kautsa-sagotra _ Apratigr(ā)¿(p)?⟨h⟩aka ⟨21⟩ (upāddh)yāya-putra _ (upāddh)yāya-mātr̥svāmine dat¿n?⟨t⟩a⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨22⟩ Atra ca dha⟨r⟩mma-tribhāgaḥ _ narinda-rāja-⟨ja⟩na(n)yā _ āj(jh/ñ)(ā)ka-(bha)⟨23⟩ṭṭārikāyā⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ _ yato smat san¿n?⟨t⟩ak(ā)ḥ sa⟨r⟩vv¿a?⟨ā⟩dhy¿ā?⟨a⟩kṣa-niyoga{ḥ}⟨24⟩-niy¿ū?⟨u⟩¿tno?⟨ktā⟩ḥ ◯ ājñā-sañc¿a?⟨ā⟩ri-kula-putrādhikr̥tā bhaṭā⟨25⟩ś chātrāś ca vi¿p?⟨śr⟩uta-pūrvvayājñayājñāpayitavyā(ḥ) vidi¿n?⟨t⟩m astu⟨26⟩vaḥ yathehāsmābhir ātmano dharmmāyur-b¿y?⟨b⟩ala-vijay-aiś¿y?⟨v⟩aryya⟨Page 4r⟩⟨27⟩-vivr̥ddhaye Ihā¿p?⟨mu⟩utra-hitārttham ātmānugrahāya vai¿j(ai)?⟨jayi⟩⟨28⟩ke dharmma-sthāne ¿mu?⟨A⟩pūrvva-dat⟨t⟩yā _ udaka-pūrvvam atisr̥ṣṭa⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ ⟨29⟩ Ucitāṁś cāsya ◯ pūrvva-rājānumatāñ cātu(r)vv¿i?⟨ai⟩dya-grāma-maryyā⟨30⟩dān ¿y?⟨v⟩itarāma◯s tad yathā A-kara-dāy¿i?⟨ī⟩ a-bhaṭa-cch¿a?⟨ā⟩tra-prāveśya(ḥ) ⟨31⟩ A-pārampara-go-balīvarddaḥ A-puṣpa-kṣīra-sand(o)ha(ḥ A)c¿a?⟨ā⟩rā⟨32⟩sa¿ṇ?⟨n⟩a-ca(r)m[m](āṅ)gā(ra)[ḥ] (a)[lava]ṇa-klinna-kre¿n?⟨ṇ⟩i-khanaka(ḥ) sa¿(rdya)?⟨rvva⟩-v(i)ṣṭi⟨Page 4v⟩⟨33⟩-parihāra-parihr̥taḥ sanidhi(ḥ) sopanidhiḥ sa-k¿li?⟨l̥⟩ptopak¿li?⟨l̥⟩pta(ḥ) ⟨34⟩ Ācandrāditya-kāl¿i?⟨ī⟩yaḥ putra-p(au)trānugāmikaḥ bhuñjat¿ā?⟨o⟩ na kena ⟨35⟩ cid vyāghāta◯ẖ karttavyaḥ sa⟨r⟩v¿y?⟨v⟩a-k¿r̥?⟨ri⟩yābhis sa(ṁ)rakṣitavyaḫ parivarddha⟨36⟩yitavyaś ca| yaś cāsmac-ch¿a?⟨ā⟩¿ś?⟨s⟩anam agaṇayamānaḥ s¿y?⟨v⟩alpām api ⟨pa⟩ri⟨37⟩bādhā⟨ṁ⟩ kuryyāt ¿kārayīta?⟨kārayeta⟩ vā tasya brāhmaṇai⟨r⟩ v¿y?⟨v⟩editasya _ sa-daṇḍa-nigraha⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨38⟩ kuryyāma⟨.⟩ ⊔ asmi⟨ṁ⟩ś ca ⊔dharmmādara-k¿i?⟨a⟩raṇe ⊔ Atītāneka-rāja- ⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨39⟩ datta-sa¿h?⟨ñc⟩i¿tty?⟨nt⟩ana-paripālana⟨ṁ⟩ kr̥ta-pu¿n?⟨ṇ⟩yānukīr¿(n)n?⟨tt⟩ana-parihārā⟨40⟩rttha⟨ṁ na⟩ k¿i?⟨ī⟩rttayāmaḥ⟨.⟩ _ vyāsa-gītaś cātra śl¿ā?⟨o⟩ka⟨ḥ⟩ pramāṇ¿a?⟨ī⟩-karttavyaḥ 1. Anuṣṭubh ⟨41⟩ s¿y?⟨v⟩a-dattām para-da◯ttā⟨ṁ⟩ v{v}ā ¿yo?⟨ha⟩red yo vai ¿(y)?⟨v⟩asundharāṁ_ gavā⟨ṁ⟩ śata-sa⟨42⟩hasrasya ◯ ha(nt)ur harati du¿(ska)?⟨ṣkr̥⟩ta⟨ṁ⟩|_ s¿y?⟨v⟩yam ¿ājñāpta?⟨ājñaptiḥ⟩⟨.⟩ ⟨43⟩ likhita(ṁ) _ se¿ṇ?⟨n⟩ā-pat¿(i)?⟨au⟩ citravarmmaṇi sa⟨ṁ⟩v{y}tsare ¿saptadaśame?⟨saptadaśe⟩ ⟨44⟩ kā⟨r⟩ttika-māsa-bahula-pakṣa-da¿s?⟨ś⟩amyā(M) ## Bibliography First reported in IAR 1975-76, p. 63 (No. 30) and ARIE 1976–77, p. 23 (No. A5); reported with more details in IAR 1976-77, p. 60 (No. 23). Edited in Shrimali 1987, pp. 60–63 (a reprint of Shastri’s edition in VSMA?) and Shastri [1989] 1975–1976. Discussed in Shastri 1987, pp. 48–50, Shastri 1997, pp. 88–90. Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00183). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.