Bhamodra Mohota plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 320, Āṣāḍha śu. 1

Editor: Annette Schmiedchen.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00069.

Summary: Confirmation of a former, interrupted grant of a tax(?) named guḍādāna, as well as a new regular donation of a certain amount of money in favour of the goddess Koṭṭammahikā.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy).

Version: (f455aac), last modified (1dcd405).

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Translation by Annette Schmiedchen

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[S2014] Schmiedchen, Annette. 2014. Herrschergenealogie und religiöses Patronat: die Inschriftenkultur der Rāṣṭrakūṭas, Śilāhāras und Yādavas (8. bis 13. Jahrhundert). Gonda Indological Studies 17. Leiden: Brill.