Bonai Plate of Vinītatuṅga

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTunga00008.

Hand description:

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Tuṅga dynasty (tfb-tunga-epigraphy).

Version: (6a77d8b), last modified (6a77d8b).

Edition

⟨Page 1v⟩

⟨1⟩ ⟨2⟩ ⟨3⟩ ⟨4⟩ ⟨5⟩ ⟨6⟩ ⟨7⟩ ⟨8⟩ ⟨9⟩ ⟨10⟩ ⟨11⟩ ⟨12⟩ ⟨13⟩ ⟨14⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨15⟩ ⟨16⟩ ⟨17⟩ ⟨18⟩ ⟨19⟩ ⟨20⟩ ⟨21⟩ ⟨22⟩ ⟨23⟩ ⟨24⟩ ⟨25⟩ ⟨26⟩ ⟨27⟩

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Commentary

Bibliographical reference : HP Shastri JBORS 6-2 1920 p.236-240 (no facsimile) bhandarkar list n°1747 . 6 verses in total four verses in the introductory portion in lines 5-12 describing the genealogy of the ruling family. 2 customary verses in lines 24-27; the donor is Rāṇaka Vinītatuṅga. Acharya 2014, n. 43, p. 394: " the two Talcher plates of the Bhaumakara king Śivakaradeva of the Bhauma year 149 (CE885) refer to a subordinate chief named Rāṇaka Vinītatuṅga.

Bibliography

Primary

Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2022. Inscriptions of the minor ruling dynasties of Odisha (circa 8th-12th century CE). Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan.

Secondary

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors. Item 1, pages 474–475.

Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-plate inscriptions of Odisha: a descriptive catalogue (circa fourth century to sixteenth century CE). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld. Item 7, pages 393–395.