# Majhgawam Charter of Hastin, year 191

Dániel Balogh

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh

Contributors: Dániel Balogh, Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSparivrajaka00001

Repository: Parivrājaka (tfb-parivrajaka-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSparivrajaka00001.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-11 06:57 (bbe286f), last modified 2026-09-09 14:24
(994ff59)

## Palaeographic description

The first punctuation sign is a double vertical, a regular pair of
daṇḍas, unlike IN00078. Fleet observes that the charter contains a very
rare instance of Au (line 8). Two occurrences of ryā written with
subscript y below r (lines 7 and 12).

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## Edition

### Seal

⟨1⟩ śrī¡r-mm!ahārāja-hastinaḥ

### Plates

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ namo mahādevāya∥ svasty⟨.⟩ eka-navaty-uttare ’bda-◯śate
gupta-nr̥pa-rājya-bhuktau śrīmati pravarddhamāna- ⟨2⟩
mahā-caittra-sam¡b!⟨v⟩atsare māgha-māsa-bahula-pa◯kṣa-tr̥tīyāyām⟨.⟩
asyā(ṁ) sam¡b!⟨v⟩atsara-māsa-divasa-pūrvvā⟨3⟩yāṁ
nr̥pati-parivrājaka-kulotpannena mahārāja-devāḍhya-pranaptrā
mahārāja-śrī-prabhaṁjana-naptrā mahā⟨4⟩rāja-śrī-dāmodara-sutena
go-sahasra-hasty-aśva-hiraṇyāneka-bhūmi-pradena
guru-pitr̥-mātr̥-pūjā⟨5⟩-tatpareṇātyanta-deva-vrāhmaṇa-bhaktenāneka-samara-śata-vijayinā
sva-vaṁśāmoda-kareṇa mahā⟨6⟩rāja-śrī-hastinā
mahādev¡i!⟨ī⟩-devasukh¡a!⟨ā⟩-vijñaptyā vālugarttā nāma grāmaḥ
pūrvvāghāṭa-pariccheda-ma⟨7⟩ryādayā sodraṅgaḥ soparikaro
’c¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭa-bhaṭa-prāveśyaḥ mātā-pittror ātmanaś ca puṇyābhivr̥ddhaye
mahāde⟨8⟩v¡i!⟨ī⟩-devasukhāṁ ca svargga-sopāna-paṅktim āropayatā
Aupamanyava-sagotrebhyaś chandoga-kauthuma⟨9⟩-sabrahmacāribhyo
’m¿i?⟨ī⟩bhy¿a?⟨o⟩ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ
govindasvāmi⁓-gomikasvāmi_-devasvāmibhyaḥ putra-pau⟨10⟩trānvayopabhogyas
tāmra-śāsanenāgrāhāro ’tisr̥ṣṭaḥ caura-varjjaM

tad asmat-kulotthair mmat-pāda⟨11⟩-piṇḍopajīvibhir vvā kālāntareṣv api
na vyāghātaḥ karaṇīyaḥ⟨.⟩ Evam ājñ¡ā!⟨a⟩pte yo ’nyathā ⟨12⟩ kuryāt tam
ahaṁ dehāntara-gato ’pi mahatāvaddhyānena nirddaheyam

uktaṁ ca bhagavatā parama⟨Page 2r⟩⟨13⟩[r]ṣ[i]ṇā veda-vyāsena vyāsena||

1. Anuṣṭubh

pūrvva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo
yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira
mahī⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨14⟩ mahimatāṁ śreṣṭha
dānāc chreyo nupālanaṁ|

2. Anuṣṭubh

vahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā
rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ
ya⟨15⟩sya yasya yadā bhūmis
tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ

3. Anuṣṭubh

ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-sahasr(ā)ṇi
svargge modati bhūmidaḥ
⟨16⟩ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca
tāny eva narake vaseT

4. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattām ¿b?ā
yo hareta vasundharāM
⟨17⟩ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ ¿kkri?mir bhūtvā
pitr̥bhiḥ saha majjate

5. Anuṣṭubh

apānīyeṣv araṇyeṣu
śuṣka-koṭara-vāsinaḥ
⟨18⟩ kr̥ṣnāhayo bhijāyante
pūrvva-dāyaṁ haranti ye||

likhitañ ca vakkrāmātya-pranaptr̥-naptrā ⟨19⟩ bhogika-naradatta-pranaptrā
ravidatta-naptrā sūryadatta-puttreṇa mahā-
sāndhiviggrahika⟨20⟩-vibhudatteneti⟨.⟩ mahāvalādhikr̥ta-nāgasi¿ṅ?ho
dūtakaḥ

sambat 100 90 1 ⟨21⟩ māgha di 3

⟨Page 2v⟩

## Apparatus

⟨6⟩ vālugarttā ⬦ vālugartto F.

## Bibliography

### Primary

[F] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1888. Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings
and their successors. First edition. Vol. 3. Corpus Inscriptionum
Indicarum. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing. Pages
106–109, item 23.