• Tāmralēkha (Copper-plate land grant)
    ताम्रलेख

Author:
  • Krishna II, Maharaja of Rashtrakuta, -approximately 914
Publisher:
  • [Bagumara, Gujarat] : [888]
Extent:
  • 3 plates : copper
Format:
Abstract:
  • Land grant of Kṛṣṇarāja II documenting the granting of a village, Kaviṭhasāḍhi in Koṅkaṇa, to two Brāhmaṇas.
Description:
  • Ms.
  • Collation: Copper plates.
  • Layout: 14-16 lines.
  • Description: Only the middle plate is inscribed on both sides. Text ends with a flourish. Held together by a copper ring bearing the dynastic seal, the god Śiva holding two snakes.
Subject:
Former owner:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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Curator's notes:

  • Kṛṣṇarāja कृष्णराज (9th century)

    Sanskrit, in Siddhamatrika script
    Bagumara, Gujarat, India, 888, copper plates

    This grant of Prince Kr̥ṣṇarāja II of the (Gujarat branch of the) Rāṣṭrakūta Dynasty, consists of three copper plates, of which only the middle one is inscribed on both sides. Held together by a ring, they bear the dynastic seal, the god Śiva holding two snakes. It documents the granting of a village, Kaviṭhasāḍhi in Koṅkaṇa, to two Brāhmaṇas.

    Gift of Robert Garrett, Class of 1897, 1942
    Princeton Indic Manuscripts IM 98

    For further reading

    Hulzsch, E. “A Râṭhor grant no. IV: a grant of Kṛishṇa II of Ankuleśvar, of 888 A.D.” Indian Antiquary 13 (1884): 65-9.

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