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Where Traditions Speaks Through Inscriptions

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.

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Significant Dynasty

The history of India is shaped by a rich tapestry of dynasties that ruled across its vast regions for more than two millennia.

Significant Inscriptions

Through this digital platform, we aim to make these priceless records of India’s history accessible to researchers, students, and heritage enthusiasts around the world. Together, we keep alive the voices carved in stone.

Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Āgāśī Stone Inscription of Aparāditya I

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Āgāśī Stone Inscription of Haripāladeva

Records a revenue grant by a chief minister to a learned scholar

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Ajaṇṭā Cave Inscription of Varāhadeva

Dedication of an ornate Buddhist cave by the minister of Vākāṭaka king Hariṣeṇa

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Akṣī Stone Inscription of Keśideva II

Temple-related excavation works at Akṣī during the reign of Śilāhāra king Keśideva II.

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Ambarnāth Temple Inscription of Māṃvaṇirāja

A commemorative grant on the completion of the temple construction

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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An unfinished Durg Plate

An unfinished copper-plate charter issued from Padmapurā

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Bālāghāṭ Plates of Pṛthivīṣeṇa II

An unfinished copper charter issue by Vākāṭaka ruler Pṛthivīṣeṇa II from Vembāra

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Balipattana Plates of Raṭṭarāja

Grant of a rice field and areca-nut orchard

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Bāmaṇī Stone Inscription of Vijayāditya

Grant supporting the local Pārśvanātha temple and its ascetics.

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Bamhanī Plates of Bharatabala

A charter mentioning land donation to earn religious merit.

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Bāsim Plates of Vindhyaśakti II

A grant of a village to Ātharvaṇa brāhmaṇas with revenue exemptions.

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Belorā Plates (Set A and B) of Pravarasena II

A two-set record mentioning the donation of land and its renewal with added territories

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Berlin Museum Plates of Chittarāja

Record of land donation to a Śaiva ascetic residing at Bhaiyāpeśvara temple

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Bhādāna Grant of Aparājita

Grant of a village to god Loṇāditya while establishing an annual tax for the local guild

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Bhāṇḍup Plates of Chittarāja

Grant of land at Voḍaṇibhaṭṭa to a Brāhmaṇa named Āmadevaiya

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Bhoighar Plates of Chittarāja

Tax exemption on areca-nut trees by the promulgation of Queen Padmalādevī

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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British Museum Stone Inscription of the reign of Haripāladeva

A community-led resolution establishing severe penalties for damaging a sacred water-channel

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Cammak Plates of Pravarasena II

A grant of 8,000 nivartanas of land to one thousand brāhmaṇas

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Cānje Stone Inscription of Aparāditya I

Royal grants of orchards and groves to a religious council and astrologers

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Cincaṇī Plate of the Reign of Chittarāja

Donation of an oil mill to the Kautuka maṭhikā

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Cintra Stone Inscription of Aparāditya I

An administrative order formally exempting thirteen temple-maintenance houses

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Deoṭek Stone Inscription of Rudrasena I

The establishment of a dharmasthāna at Chikkamburi

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Dive Āgar Plate of Mummuṇirāja

Ratification of a prior administrative settlement by Queen Padmālādevī

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Dive Āgar Plates of Chittarāja

Tax remission on an orchard granted by the general Nāgavarman

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Dive Āgar Stone Inscription of Anantadeva III

Transfer of an orchard to Gaṇapati nāyaka by vassal Rāma māṇḍalika

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Dudiā Plates of Pravarasena II

Grant of two lands in the Ārammi rājya to two brāhmaṇas

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Ganj Stone Inscription of Vyāghradeva

Record of a dedicatory construction for religious merits.

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Ghaṭotkaca Cave Inscription of Varāhadeva

A donation of vihāra by the minister of Hariṣeṇa

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Herle Stone Inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya

A tax-free land grant to a Jaina temple at the instance of Nāgaladevī

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Honnur Image Inscription of the reign of Ballāla

A joint donation of land and a house to support a Jaina temple and its ascetics

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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India Office Plate of Devasena

A grant of Yappajja village to two brāhmaṇas of the Śāṇḍilya gotra.

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Indore Plates of Pravarasena II

A collaborative endowment of a village by Pravarasena II and merchant Candra

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Jāmb Plates of Pravarasena II

Donation of a village in the Supratiṣṭha āhāra to Kāluṭṭaka

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Janjirā Plates (Set I) of Aparājita

Donation to a Vedic scholar in the presence of high-ranking state ministers

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Jugal Fragmentary Stone Inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Jugal Fragmentary Stone Inscription of Vijayāditya

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Kānhērī Cave Inscription of Kapardin II

A perpetual endowment by a Buddhist devotee at Kanheri

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Kānhērī Cave Inscription of Pullaśakti

A donation by a monk from Bengal for the the Buddha's worship and monastic upkeep.

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Kaśeli Grant of Bhoja II

Donation of a village to support twelve Brāhmaṇas

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Khārepāṭaṇ Plates of Anantadeva I

A record of customs duty concessions and tax remissions

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Khārepāṭaṇ Plates of Raṭṭarāja

Grant of three villages and maritime trade levies to a Śaiva ascetic for temple maintenance

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Khidrāpur Stone Inscription of the Reign of Vijayāditya

A record praising of an officer for being a great warrior

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Dynasty: Yādava

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Khidrāpur Stone Inscription of the Yādava King Siṅghaṇa

Gift for Koppeśvara and allocation of village revenue for temple’s maintenance.

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Kolhāpur Plates of Gaṇḍarāditya

Grant of land that supported the three-spired Kheḍāditya temple

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Kolhāpur Plates of Gaṇḍarāditya : Śaka Year 1037

Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Kolhāpur Śeṣaśāyī Temple Inscription of the Reign of Gaṇḍarāditya

Commemoration of the construction of the Ādinātha temple by the loyal vassal

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Kolhāpur Stone Inscription of Bhoja II

A record mentioning multiple religious and educational grants made by King Bhoja and a civilian over few years.

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Kolhāpur Stone Inscription of Bhoja II : Śaka Year 1104

Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Kolhāpur Stone Inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya

A record honoring a vassal and a tax agreement by the Vīra-Baṇañja guild

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Kolhāpur Stone Inscription of Vijayāditya

Record mentioning a land grant for the worship of Pārśvanātha

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Kutāpur Grant of Bhoja II

Grant of a land to a Brāhmaṇa mentioning his specific religious and judicial responsibilities.

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Lonāḍ Stone Inscription of Aparāditya II

A grant of a field and currency to the deity Vyomeśvaradeva

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Miraj Plates of Mārasiṃha

Grant of a village to an asetic to support a temple belonging to the Pāśupata faith

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Miraj Stone Inscription of Vijayāditya

Grants by the Vīra-Baṇañja merchants and royal officials to the Mādhaveśvara

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Nacne-Kī-Talāī Stone Inscriptions of Vyāghradeva

A mention of a pious construction for earning religious merits

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Nandui Stone Inscription of Aparāditya II

Donation of a village to a Pāśupata priest for the shrine of Someśvara.

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Pāṇḍhurṇā Plates of Pravarasena II

An extensive land donation for brāhmaṇas including a spuriously inserted plate

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Panhāle Plates of Vikramāditya

Grant of a village to a learned scholar from Varanasi

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Parel Stone Inscription of Aparāditya II

Donation of some drammas from orchard revenue for the worship of Vaidyanātha at Darbhāvatī.

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Pāṭnā Museum Plate of Pravarasena II

Exchange of a previously donated village with a new donation by Pravarasena II

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Paṭṭan Plates of Pravarasena II

Donation of land for charitable feeding house by Pravarasena II

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Paṭṭaṇakuḍi Plates of Avasara II

Record mentioning grants to three merchants in exchange for currency and an annual betel-nut tax.

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Poonā Plates of Prabhāvatīguptā

A royal land grant by the Vākāṭaka regent queen Prabhāvatīguptā

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Prince of Wales Museum Plates of Mummuṇirāja

Donation of a village to twelve Brāhmaṇas of the Brahmapurī agrahāra

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Rāmṭek Plate of Pravarasena II

An incomplete record indicating a donation

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Rānvaḍ Stone Inscription of Someśvara

A land grant to two Bbāhmaṇa brothers by Someśvara

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Ṛddhapur Plates of Prabhāvatīguptā

A land grant at Ramtek by Queen Prabhāvatiguptā

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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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.

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Siwanī Plates of Pravarasena II

A royal donation of Brahmapūraka village in Beṇṇākārpara bhoga.

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Tālale Plates of Gaṇḍarāditya

A record mentioning extensive land grants for Brahmin housing, civic infrastructure, and the synchronized worship of Īśvara, Buddha, and Arhat

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Ṭhāṇā Plates of Arikesarin

Donation of three villages to the family priest of the king

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Ṭhāṇā Plates of Mummuṇirāja

Record mentioning grants to fourteen Karhāḍ Brāhmaṇas for Vedic duties and for the spiritual merit of Queen Padmāī

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Ṭhāṇā Plates of Nāgārjuna

Donation of a land for the fulfillment of religious duties.

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Ṭhāṇā Stone Inscription of Aparāditya II

Donation of drammas and produce from an orchard and rice-field for the worship of Somanāthadeva in Saurāṣṭra

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Tiroḍī Plates of Pravarasena II

Grant of Kosambakhaṇḍa in the Beṇṇākaṭa region by Pravarasena II

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Vaḍavalī Grant of Aparāditya I

Grant of a village and a field for the performance of the six religious duties and pañcamahāyajñas

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Dynasty: Śilāhāra

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Vihār Stone Inscription of Anantadeva I

Grant of specific revenue dues from Khairāmaṇa village to Ajyapanāyaka

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Dynasty: Vākāṭakas

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Waḍgaon Plates of Pravarasena II

Grant of the Velusuka village on equinox by the king

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