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India is home to the world’s largest collection of inscriptional records. Etched on stones, copper plates, and temple walls by kings, religious authorities, and lay people, each inscription holds a distinct piece of history—a royal decree, a poetic prayer, a religious land grant, or a record of everyday life preserved for eternity—telling the timeless stories of its people, rulers, faith, and cultures.
Built on the foundations laid by the Archaeological Survey of India and the great epigraphists of the 19th and 20th centuries, we are aggregating hundreds of volumes of Indian epigraphy into one powerful, searchable database. Our corpus is complete with metadata, glossaries, and critical introductions. By resurrecting this scholarship, we serve as the window to India’s history, language, and legacy.
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Āgāśī Stone Inscription of Aparāditya I
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Āgāśī Stone Inscription of Haripāladeva
Records a revenue grant by a chief minister to a learned scholar
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Ajaṇṭā Cave Inscription of Varāhadeva
Dedication of an ornate Buddhist cave by the minister of Vākāṭaka king Hariṣeṇa
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Akṣī Stone Inscription of Keśideva II
Temple-related excavation works at Akṣī during the reign of Śilāhāra king Keśideva II.
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Ambarnāth Temple Inscription of Māṃvaṇirāja
A commemorative grant on the completion of the temple construction
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
An unfinished Durg Plate
An unfinished copper-plate charter issued from Padmapurā
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Bālāghāṭ Plates of Pṛthivīṣeṇa II
An unfinished copper charter issue by Vākāṭaka ruler Pṛthivīṣeṇa II from Vembāra
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Balipattana Plates of Raṭṭarāja
Grant of a rice field and areca-nut orchard
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Bāmaṇī Stone Inscription of Vijayāditya
Grant supporting the local Pārśvanātha temple and its ascetics.
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Bamhanī Plates of Bharatabala
A charter mentioning land donation to earn religious merit.
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Bāsim Plates of Vindhyaśakti II
A grant of a village to Ātharvaṇa brāhmaṇas with revenue exemptions.
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Belorā Plates (Set A and B) of Pravarasena II
A two-set record mentioning the donation of land and its renewal with added territories
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Berlin Museum Plates of Chittarāja
Record of land donation to a Śaiva ascetic residing at Bhaiyāpeśvara temple
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Bhādāna Grant of Aparājita
Grant of a village to god Loṇāditya while establishing an annual tax for the local guild
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Bhāṇḍup Plates of Chittarāja
Grant of land at Voḍaṇibhaṭṭa to a Brāhmaṇa named Āmadevaiya
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Bhoighar Plates of Chittarāja
Tax exemption on areca-nut trees by the promulgation of Queen Padmalādevī
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
British Museum Stone Inscription of the reign of Haripāladeva
A community-led resolution establishing severe penalties for damaging a sacred water-channel
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Cammak Plates of Pravarasena II
A grant of 8,000 nivartanas of land to one thousand brāhmaṇas
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Cānje Stone Inscription of Aparāditya I
Royal grants of orchards and groves to a religious council and astrologers
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Cincaṇī Plate of the Reign of Chittarāja
Donation of an oil mill to the Kautuka maṭhikā
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Cintra Stone Inscription of Aparāditya I
An administrative order formally exempting thirteen temple-maintenance houses
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Deoṭek Stone Inscription of Rudrasena I
The establishment of a dharmasthāna at Chikkamburi
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Dive Āgar Plate of Mummuṇirāja
Ratification of a prior administrative settlement by Queen Padmālādevī
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Dive Āgar Plates of Chittarāja
Tax remission on an orchard granted by the general Nāgavarman
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Dive Āgar Stone Inscription of Anantadeva III
Transfer of an orchard to Gaṇapati nāyaka by vassal Rāma māṇḍalika
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Dudiā Plates of Pravarasena II
Grant of two lands in the Ārammi rājya to two brāhmaṇas
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Ganj Stone Inscription of Vyāghradeva
Record of a dedicatory construction for religious merits.
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Ghaṭotkaca Cave Inscription of Varāhadeva
A donation of vihāra by the minister of Hariṣeṇa
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Herle Stone Inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya
A tax-free land grant to a Jaina temple at the instance of Nāgaladevī
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Honnur Image Inscription of the reign of Ballāla
A joint donation of land and a house to support a Jaina temple and its ascetics
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
India Office Plate of Devasena
A grant of Yappajja village to two brāhmaṇas of the Śāṇḍilya gotra.
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Indore Plates of Pravarasena II
A collaborative endowment of a village by Pravarasena II and merchant Candra
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Jāmb Plates of Pravarasena II
Donation of a village in the Supratiṣṭha āhāra to Kāluṭṭaka
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Janjirā Plates (Set I) of Aparājita
Donation to a Vedic scholar in the presence of high-ranking state ministers
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Jugal Fragmentary Stone Inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Jugal Fragmentary Stone Inscription of Vijayāditya
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Kānhērī Cave Inscription of Kapardin II
A perpetual endowment by a Buddhist devotee at Kanheri
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Kānhērī Cave Inscription of Pullaśakti
A donation by a monk from Bengal for the the Buddha's worship and monastic upkeep.
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Kaśeli Grant of Bhoja II
Donation of a village to support twelve Brāhmaṇas
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Khārepāṭaṇ Plates of Anantadeva I
A record of customs duty concessions and tax remissions
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Khārepāṭaṇ Plates of Raṭṭarāja
Grant of three villages and maritime trade levies to a Śaiva ascetic for temple maintenance
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Khidrāpur Stone Inscription of the Reign of Vijayāditya
A record praising of an officer for being a great warrior
Dynasty: Yādava
Khidrāpur Stone Inscription of the Yādava King Siṅghaṇa
Gift for Koppeśvara and allocation of village revenue for temple’s maintenance.
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Kolhāpur Plates of Gaṇḍarāditya
Grant of land that supported the three-spired Kheḍāditya temple
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Kolhāpur Plates of Gaṇḍarāditya : Śaka Year 1037
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Kolhāpur Śeṣaśāyī Temple Inscription of the Reign of Gaṇḍarāditya
Commemoration of the construction of the Ādinātha temple by the loyal vassal
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Kolhāpur Stone Inscription of Bhoja II
A record mentioning multiple religious and educational grants made by King Bhoja and a civilian over few years.
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Kolhāpur Stone Inscription of Bhoja II : Śaka Year 1104
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Kolhāpur Stone Inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya
A record honoring a vassal and a tax agreement by the Vīra-Baṇañja guild
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Kolhāpur Stone Inscription of Vijayāditya
Record mentioning a land grant for the worship of Pārśvanātha
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Kutāpur Grant of Bhoja II
Grant of a land to a Brāhmaṇa mentioning his specific religious and judicial responsibilities.
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Lonāḍ Stone Inscription of Aparāditya II
A grant of a field and currency to the deity Vyomeśvaradeva
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Miraj Plates of Mārasiṃha
Grant of a village to an asetic to support a temple belonging to the Pāśupata faith
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Miraj Stone Inscription of Vijayāditya
Grants by the Vīra-Baṇañja merchants and royal officials to the Mādhaveśvara
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Nacne-Kī-Talāī Stone Inscriptions of Vyāghradeva
A mention of a pious construction for earning religious merits
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Nandui Stone Inscription of Aparāditya II
Donation of a village to a Pāśupata priest for the shrine of Someśvara.
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Pāṇḍhurṇā Plates of Pravarasena II
An extensive land donation for brāhmaṇas including a spuriously inserted plate
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Panhāle Plates of Vikramāditya
Grant of a village to a learned scholar from Varanasi
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Parel Stone Inscription of Aparāditya II
Donation of some drammas from orchard revenue for the worship of Vaidyanātha at Darbhāvatī.
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Pāṭnā Museum Plate of Pravarasena II
Exchange of a previously donated village with a new donation by Pravarasena II
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Paṭṭan Plates of Pravarasena II
Donation of land for charitable feeding house by Pravarasena II
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Paṭṭaṇakuḍi Plates of Avasara II
Record mentioning grants to three merchants in exchange for currency and an annual betel-nut tax.
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Poonā Plates of Prabhāvatīguptā
A royal land grant by the Vākāṭaka regent queen Prabhāvatīguptā
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Prince of Wales Museum Plates of Mummuṇirāja
Donation of a village to twelve Brāhmaṇas of the Brahmapurī agrahāra
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Rāmṭek Plate of Pravarasena II
An incomplete record indicating a donation
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Rānvaḍ Stone Inscription of Someśvara
A land grant to two Bbāhmaṇa brothers by Someśvara
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Ṛddhapur Plates of Prabhāvatīguptā
A land grant at Ramtek by Queen Prabhāvatiguptā
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Śeḍbāl Stone Inscription of the Reign of Vijayāditya
Record redirecting trade and marriage taxes by local officials to benefit both a basadi and a temple.
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Siwanī Plates of Pravarasena II
A royal donation of Brahmapūraka village in Beṇṇākārpara bhoga.
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Tālale Plates of Gaṇḍarāditya
A record mentioning extensive land grants for Brahmin housing, civic infrastructure, and the synchronized worship of Īśvara, Buddha, and Arhat
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Ṭhāṇā Plates of Arikesarin
Donation of three villages to the family priest of the king
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Ṭhāṇā Plates of Mummuṇirāja
Record mentioning grants to fourteen Karhāḍ Brāhmaṇas for Vedic duties and for the spiritual merit of Queen Padmāī
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Ṭhāṇā Plates of Nāgārjuna
Donation of a land for the fulfillment of religious duties.
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Ṭhāṇā Stone Inscription of Aparāditya II
Donation of drammas and produce from an orchard and rice-field for the worship of Somanāthadeva in Saurāṣṭra
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Tiroḍī Plates of Pravarasena II
Grant of Kosambakhaṇḍa in the Beṇṇākaṭa region by Pravarasena II
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Vaḍavalī Grant of Aparāditya I
Grant of a village and a field for the performance of the six religious duties and pañcamahāyajñas
Dynasty: Śilāhāra
Vihār Stone Inscription of Anantadeva I
Grant of specific revenue dues from Khairāmaṇa village to Ajyapanāyaka
Dynasty: Vākāṭakas
Waḍgaon Plates of Pravarasena II
Grant of the Velusuka village on equinox by the king