Current Version: draft, 2026-09-18Z
Editor: Natasja Bosma.
DHARMA Identifier: INSDaksinaKosala00001.xml
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⎘ plate 1v 1v1| svasti śarabhapurān mahārājaśrīnarendraḥ
1v2nandapurabhogīyaśarkarāpadrake brāhmaṇā-
1v3dīn prati◯vāsikuṭumbino bodhayati
1v4Eṣa grāmo rāhudevena svapuṇyābhivr̥ddha-
1v5ye brāhmaṇavājasaney¡aṁ Ā!⟨ā⟩treyasagotra-
⎘ plate 2r 2r1svāmippāya tā¡mbra!⟨mra⟩śāsanenātisr̥ṣṭo mayā-
2r2pi ca Acāṭabhaṭaprāveśya Ity anumodito
2r3yato bha◯vadbhir asya yathākālaṁ meya-
2r4hiraṇyādīnāṁ pratyāyānām upanayanaḥ
2r5karttavyaḥ
bhaviṣyataś ca bhogapatīn abhinandayati
⎘ plate 2v 2v1pūrvvadatter anupālanāc chreyasā sambandhaḥ Ā-
2v2cchedāc ca pratyapāya Ity anuprapaśyadbhir bhavadbhi-
2v3r asya grā◯masyānupālanaṁ karttavyaM
2v4vyāsagītāv atra ślokāv udāharanti|
pravarddhamānat¡ri!⟨r̥⟩tīyavarṣasya mārggaśi-
3r5ramāsadivase daśame Utkīrṇṇāṁ śrīdatteneti(|)
The charter belongs to the illustrious king Narendra who chastised his enemies, who was the son of Śarabha who conquered the earth with the blade of his sword.
1v1-1v3Success! Hail! From Śarabhapura, the illustrious Mahārāja Narendra informs the landholders, beginning with the Brahmins, settled in [the village of] Sarkarāpadraka situated in the Nandapura bhoga:
1v4-2r5This village has been granted by Rāhudeva for the increase of his own (religious) merit to the Brahmin Svāmippa, belonging to the Ātreya gotra and to the Vājasaneya [school], by means of a copperplate charter; and [the grant] is thus also confirmed by me, [making it] not to be entered by irregular or regular troops. Therefore, you should render taxes consisting of the [proper] shares of produce, gold, et cetera at the proper time.
2r5-2v4And he (Narendra) instructs the future rulers: The protection of [the grant of] this village should be taken care of by you, well-discerning that: Prosperity derives from protecting a grant made previously, and sin derives from confiscating [such a grant]. In this respect, they quote two stanzas sung by Vyāsa:
3r4-3r5[The copperplate charter] has been engraved by Srīdatta on the tenth day of the month of Mārgaśiras of the prosperous third year [of Narendra’s reign].
First edited by Sircar and Pandeya 1943 from rubbings made of the original plates and seal; published again by Shastri 1995: 5–7; re-edited here by Natasja Bosma based on the published photographs (unclear passages based on Sircar and Pandeya).