Impact of Vedic Culture on Society

by Kaushik Acharya | 2020 | 120,081 words

This page relates ‘Select Sanskrit Inscriptions Found in Northern India’ of the study on the Impact of Vedic Culture on Society as Reflected in Select Sanskrit Inscriptions found in Northern India (4th Century CE to 12th Century CE). These pages discuss the ancient Indian tradition of Dana (making gifts, donation). They further study the migration, rituals and religious activities of Brahmanas and reveal how kings of northern India granted lands for the purpose of austerities and Vedic education.

Select Sanskrit Inscriptions Found in Northern India

Dynasty: Pōna [Pona]

Title: Aśvamedha Brick Inscription of Śīlavarman
The current location of the record: At Jagatgrām, Near Kalsi, Dehradun District, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 325 CE
Donor/King: Śīlavarman
Dynasty: Pōna [Pona]
[Source: USVAE, No-5, (Vol. 3), Page No: 7-8]

Dynasty: Gupta

Title: Nālandā Charter of Samudragupta
The current location of the record: Nālandā, Bihar, Now in Indian Museum, Calcutta
Date: c. 325 CE. (or c. 335 CE.)
Donor/King: Samudragupta
Dynasty: Gupta
[Source: USVAE, No-10, (Vol. 3), Page No: 17-19]

Title: Gaya Copper-Plate Charter of Samudragupta
The current location of the record: Gaya, Bihar
Date: c. 339 CE.
Donor/ King: Samudragupta
Dynasty: Gupta
[Source: USVAE, No-13, (Vol. 3), Page No: 27-28]

Title: Allahabad Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta
The current location of the record: Stone pillar fort, At Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 355 CE.
Donor/King: Samudragupta
Dynasty: Gupta
[Source: USVAE, No-20, (Vol. 3), Page No: 38-43]

Title: Gold Coin Inscriptions of Samudragupta–4
The current location of the record: Now in the British Museum, London
Date: c. 360 CE.
Donor/King: Samudragupta
Dynasty: Gupta
[Source: USVAE, No-28, (Vol. 3), Page No: 55-57]

Title: Mathura Inscription of Chandragupta II
The current location of the record: Broken stone found on the pavement outside the Katrāgateway, Now in the Curzon Museum, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 400 CE.
Donor/King: Chandragupta II
Dynasty: Gupta
[Source: USVAE, No-46, (Vol. 3), Page No: 88-89]

Title: Karamdānḍā Inscription of Prithivīsena
The current location of the record: Sandstone Linga¹ near Karamdāndā Faizabad District; now in the State Museum, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 436 CE.
Donor/King: Prithivīsena /Kumāragupta I
Dynasty: Gupta
[Source: USVAE, No-78, (Vol. 3), Page No: 150-152]

Title: Bhitarī Pillar Inscription of Skandagupta
The current location of the record: Stone pillar discovered at Bhitarī near Sayyidpur, Ghazipur District, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 457-58 CE.
Donor / King: Skandagupta
Dynasty: Gupta
[Source: USVAE, No-114, (Vol. 3), Page No: 201-204]

Title: Indor Charter of the Sun Temple
The current location of the record: Single copper plate found in small steam at Indōr [Indor] near Dibahāi, Bulandshahar District, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 466 CE.
Donor/King: Devavishnu/ Skandagupta
Dynasty: Gupta
[Source: USVAE, No-137, (Vol. 3), Page No: 238-240]

Dynasty: Later Gupta:

Title: Deogarh Inscription of Adityasena
The current location of the record: Deogarh, Santal Parganas, Odisha
Date: c. 670 CE.
King: Ādityasena
Dynasty: Later Gupta of Magadha
[Source: USVAE, No-44, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 260-265]

Dynasty: Rulers of Vālkha

Title: Bāgh Charter (1) of Bhulunda
The current location of the record: Bāgh, Now in the Department of Archaeology and Museum, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal
Date: c. 357-58 CE.
Donor/King: Bhulunda
Dynasty: Rulers of Vālkha
[Source: USVAE, No-26, (Vol. 3), Page No: 51-53]

Dynasty: Aulikara of Daśapura

Title: Mandasor Inscription of Satya
The current location of the record: Two broken stones in a field near the Fort Gate near Todi, Mandsaur District, Now in the State Museum, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Date: c. 404 CE.
Donor/King: Satya/Naravarman
Dynasty: Aulikara of Daśapura
[Source: USVAE, No-53, (Vol. 3), Page No: 100-103]

Dynasty: Vākāṭaka (main):

Title: Chammak Plates of Pravarasena II
The current location of the record: Chammak near Achalpur, Amravati District, Maharashtra
Date: c. 438 CE.
Donor/King: Pravarasena (II)
Dynasty: Vākāṭaka (main)

Title: Pāndhurnā Plates of Pravarasena II
The current location of the record: Pāndhurnā, Chhindwāra District, Madhya Pradesh
Date: c. 449 CE.
Donor/King: Pravarasena II
Dynasty: Vākāṭaka (Main)
[Source: USVAE, No-100, (Vol. 3), Page No: 184-186]

Dynasty: Rulers of Śarabhapura

Title: Pīpardūla Plates of Narendra
The current location of the record: Pīpardūlś, Raipur District, Madhya Pradesh (Now in Chhattisgarh)
Date: c. 485 CE.
Donor/King: Rāhudāva/Narendra
Dynasty: Rulers of Śarabhapura
[Source: USVAE, No-162, (Vol. 3), Page No: 276-278]

Dynasty: Mānavāyani

Title: Chhotī Sadri Inscription of Gauri
The current location of the record: Stone originally built into the left wall outside the central shrine in the Bhawarmātā (Bhramaramātā) temple at Chhōtī [Chhotī] Sadri, Now in the Victoria Hall Museum, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Date: c. 491 CE.
Donor / King: Gauri
Dynasty: Mānavāyani
[Source: USVAE, No-172, (Vol. 3), Page No: 289-294]

Dynasty: Rules of Uccakalpa

Title: Katni Plates of Jayanātha
The current location of the record: Katni, Jabalpur District, Madhya Pradesh, now in the Rani Durgavati Museum, Jabalpur
Date: c. 501-02 CE.
Donor/King: Jayanātha
Dynasty: Rules of Uccakalpa
[Source: USVAE, No-182, (Vol. 3), Page No: 305-308]

Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī

Title: Palitānā Plates of Dhruvasena
The current location of the record: Palitānā, Gujarat
Date: c. 525 CE.
Donor/King: Dhruvasena
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No: 218 (Vol. 3) Page No: 370-373]

Title: Palitānā Plates of Dharasena II
The current location of the record: Pāliṭāṇa, Gujarat
Date: c. 571 CE
Donor/King: Dharasena II
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No: 273 (Vol. 3) Page No: 448-452]

Title: Vala Plates of Śilāditya
The current location of the record: Valā (Valabhī), Gujarat
Date: c. 605 CE.
King: (Śīlāditya)
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-36, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 151-153]

Title: Navalakhi Plate of Śīlāditya
The current location of the record: Navalākhī, Junāgaḏh, Gujarat
Date: c. 605-606 CE.
King: Śīlāditya I
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-38, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 159-166]

Title: Vala Plates of Śilāditya I -Sam 287
The current location of the record: Vāla (Valabhī), Gujarat
Date: c. 606 CE.
King: Śīlāditya I
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-40, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 172-176]

Title: Virdi Plates of Kharagraha I
The current location of the record: Virdi [near Dhola, Under lathi] ¹, Gujarat
Date: c. 616-17 CE.
King: Kharagraha I
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-72a, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 681-687]

Title: Amreli Plates of Kharagraha I
The current location of the record: Amreli, Amreli District, Gujarat
Date: c. 616-17 CE.
King: Kharagraha I
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-72b, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 688-691]

Title: L.D. Institute Copper Plate of Dhruvasena II
The current location of the record: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Date: c. 630-31 CE.
King: Dhruvasena II-Baladitya
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-88, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 418-425]

Title: Goras Plates of Dhruvasena II
The current location of the record: Deposited in Barton Museum, Bhavnagar, Kathiavad (Findspot: Goras, Mahuva, Bhavnagar District), Gujarat
Date: c. 632 CE.
King: Dhruvasena II
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-93, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 447-452]

Title: Dana Plates of Dhruvasena (II) Baladitya
The current location of the record: Dana, Kapadvanaj Tehsil, Kaira District, Gujarat
Date: c. 633-34 CE.
King: Dhurvasena (II) Bālāditya
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-97, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 466-471]

Title: Nogawa Plates of ‘Dhruvasena II’ ‘A’
The current location of the record: Nōgāwa [Nogāwa], Ratlam District, Madhya Pradesh
Date: c. 639 -640 CE.
King: Dhruvasena II
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-102, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 501-507]

Title: Nogawa Plates of Dhruvasena II -B
The current location of the record: Nogāwā (Naugāma), Ratlam District, Madhya Pradesh
Date: c. 640-41 CE.
King: Dhruvasena II
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-105, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 516-520]

Title: Bhavnagar Plates of Dharasena (IV) -A
The current location of the record: Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Date: c. 645–646 CE.
King: Dharasena IV
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-113, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 560-568]

Title: Alina Plates of Dharasena IV
The current location of the record: Alīnā, Kheḍā Zilla, Gujarat
Date: c. 649–650 CE.
King: Dharasena IV
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-118, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 587-593]

Title: Khedā (Kairā) Plates of Dharāsena IV
The current location of the record: Alīnā, Kheḍā Zilla, Gujarat
Date: c. 649–650 CE.
King: Dharāsena IV
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-119, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 593-600]

Title: Kapadvanaj Plates of Dhrūvasena III
The current location of the record: Kāpaḍvaṇaj, Kaira District, Gujarat
Date: c. 653-654 CE.
King: Dhruvasena III
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-6, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 29-36]

Title: Alina Plates of Kharagraha II
The current location of the record: Alīnā, Kheda District, Gujarat
Date: c. 656–657 CE.
King: Kharagraha II
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-14, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 79-84]

Title: Jesar Plates of Śilāditya
The current location of the record: Jesar, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Date: c. 666–667 CE.
King: Śilāditya II
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-37, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 209-212]

Title: Lunsadi Plates of Sīlāditya II -B
The current location of the record: Lunsaḍī, Mahuva Pargana, Gohilvāḍ prant, Gujarat
Date: c. 671–672 CE.
King: Śilāditya II
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-47, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 275-281]

Title: Jesar Plates of Śilāditya-III
The current location of the record: Jesar, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Date: c. 676–677 CE.
King: Śilāditya III
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-59, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 349-354]

Title: Anastu Plates of Siladitya -III
The current location of the record: Aṇastu, Karjan Taluk, Baroda District, Gujarat
Date: c. 677 CE.
King: Śīlāditya III
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-60, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 354-362]

Title: Bhavnagar Plates of Siladitya III
The current location of the record: Bhāvnagar, Gujarat
Date: c. 691 CE.
King: Śilāditya III
Dynasty: Maitrakas of Valabhī
[Source: USVAE, No-86, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 524-529]

Dynasty: Maukhari

Title: Harāhā Inscription of Īśānavarman
The current location of the record: Stone slap, Harāhā, Barabanki District, Uttar Prādesh; Now in Lucknow museum
Date: c. 554 CE.
Donor/King: Sūryavarman/ Iśānavarman
Dynasty: Maukhari
[Source: USVAE, No-259, (Vol. 3), Page No: 422-429]

Dynasty: Gārulāka

Title: Palitānā Plates of Siṁhādiya
The current location of the record: Palitānā, Kathiawar, Gujarat
Date: c. 574 CE.
Donor / King: Siṃhāditya
Dynasty: Gārulāka
[Source: USVAE, No-278, (Vol. 3), Page No: 456-459]

Dynasty: Kaṭaccuri (Early Kalācuri)

Title: Mankani Plates of Taralasvamin
The current location of the record: Māṅkaṇī, Sankheda Taluk, Baroda District. Gujarat
Date: c. 595-596 CE.
King: Taralasvāmin
Dynasty: Kaṭaccuri (Early Kalācuri)
[Source: USVAE, No-5, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 19-23]

Title: Sarsavani Plates of Buddharāja
The current location of the record: Sarsavṇī (Sarasavaṇī), Padre subdivision, Baroda District, Gujarat
Date: c. 610 CE.
King: Buddharāja
Dynasty: Kaṭaccuri (Early Kalācuri)
[Source: USVAE, No-45, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 191-194]

Dynasty: Pānḍuvaṁśi

Title: Baloda Plates of Tivaradeva
The current location of the record: Baloda, Sambalpur District, Odisha
Date: c. 600 CE.
King: Mahāśiva-Tīvara
Dynasty: Pānḍuvaṁśi.
[Source: USVAE, No-12, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 54-57]

Dynasty: Pānḍuvaṁśi of South Kośala

Title: Bōndā [Bondā] Plates of Mahāśiva Tivara
The current location of the record: Bōndā [Bondā], Sarangarh Tahsil, Raigarh District, Madhya Pradesh (Now in Chhattisgarh)
Date: c. 600 CE.
King: Mahāśiva-Tīvara
Dynasty: Pānḍuvaṁśi of South Kośala
[Source: USVAE, No-11, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 47-54]

Title: Sirpur Stone Inscription of the Time of Mahasivagupta Balarjuna
The current location of the record: Sirpur, Raipur District, Madhya Pradesh (Now in Chhattisgarh)
Date: c. 630 CE.
King: Mahāśivagupta -Bālārjuna
Dynasty: Pānḍuvaṃśi (of South Kośala)
[Source: USVAE, No-85, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 392-407]

Dynasty: Somavaṃśi

Title: Adhabhara Plates of Mahā-Nannarāja
The current location of the record: Aḍhabhāra (Aḍbhāror Arbhar), Sakli Tahsil, Bilaspur District, Madhya Pradesh (Now in Chhattisgarh)
Date: c. 600 CE.
King: Nanna (II)
Dynasty: Somavaṃśi
[Source: USVAE, No-14, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 60-64]

Title: Bardula Plates of Mahāśivāguta, Year 9
The current location of the record: Bārdūlā, Sarangarh state, C.P (Madhya Pradesh)
Date: c. 610 CE.
King: Mahā-Śivagupta
Dynasty: Somavaṃśi
[Source: USVAE, No-47, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 202-205]

Title: Bonda Plates of Mahāśivāguta
The current location of the record: Bōṇḍā [Boṇḍā], Sarangarh Tahsil, Raigarh District, Madhya Pradesh (Now in Chhattisgarh)
Date: c. 616 CE.
King: Mahāśivagupta
Dynasty: Somavaṃśi
[Source: USVAE, No-60, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 255-257]

Title: Malhar Plates of Mahāśivāguta
The current location of the record: Malhār, Bilaspur District, Madhya Pradesh (Now in Chhattisgarh)
Date: c. 652 CE.
King: Mahāśivagupta
Dynasty: Somavaṃśi
[Source: USVAE, No-4, (Vol. 4, Part-II), Page No: 12-20]

Title: Odisha State Musuem Plates of Mahasivagupta I Yayati, Year 4
The current location of the record: Not known
Date: 10th Century CE.
King: Mahāśivagupta I Yayāti
Dynasty: Somavaṃśi
[Source: USVAE, No-4, (Vol. 8), Page No: 349-355]

Title: Patna Plates of Mahasivagupta I Yayati, Year 8
The current location of the record: Somewhere in the erstwhile Pāṭṇā state, Bolangir District, Odisha
Date: 10th Century CE.
King: Mahāśivagupta I Yayāti
Dynasty: Somavaṃśi
[Source: USVAE, No-58, (Vol. 8), Page No: 356-362]

Title: Cuttack Plate of Mahasivagupta I Yayati, Year 9
The current location of the record: Not known
Date: 10th Century CE.
King: Mahāśivagupta I Yayāti
Dynasty: Somavaṃśi
[Source: USVAE, No-59, (Vol. 8), Page No: 363-369]

Dynasty: Maudgala of Dakṣiṇa Toṣalī

Title: Patiakella Grant of Mahārāja Śivarāja
The current location of the record:................
Date: c. 602 CE.
King: Śambhūyayya
Dynasty: Maudgala of Dakṣiṇa –Toṣalī
[Source: USVAE, No-35, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 146-150]

Dynasty: Puṣyabhūti

Title: Banskhera Plate of Harṣa
The current location of the record: Banskhera, Shahjahanpur District, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 628-629 CE.
King: Harṣavardhana
Dynasty: Puṣyabhūti
[Source: USVAE, No-77, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 345-347]

Title: Kurukṣetra Plates of Sri-Harṣa
The current location of the record: Vārāṇasī, Vārāṇasī District, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 650-651 CE.
King: Harṣavardhana
Dynasty: Puṣyabhūti
[Source: USVAE, No-1, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 1-4]

Title: Madhuban Plates of Harṣa
The current location of the record: Madhuban, Pargana Nathupur, Sagri Tahsil, Āzamgarh District, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 631-632 CE.
King: Harṣavardhana
Dynasty: Puṣyabhūti of Sthāṇvīśvara
[Source: USVAE, No-92, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 438-446]

Dynasty: Early Gūrjara

Title: Kaira Plates of Dadda (Praśāntarāga) -A
The current location of the record: Kheḍā or Kairā, Kaira District, Gujarat
Date: c. 629 CE.
King: Dadda II, Prāśantarāga
Dynasty: Early Gūrjara
[Source: USVAE, No-79, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 355-366]

Title: Kaira Plates of Dadda II Praśāntaraga -B
The current location of the record: Kaira, Kaira District, Gujarat
Date: c. 633-634 CE.
King: Dadda II, Praśāntarāga
Dynasty: Early Gūrjara
[Source: USVAE, No-96, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 462-466]

Title: Sankhed Plate of Ranagraha (Kalachuri) 361=641 A.D.
The current location of the record: Sankheḍā, Baroda District, Gujarat
Date: c. 641 CE.
King:.........
Dynasty: Early Gūrjara
[Source: USVAE, No-106, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 521-523]

Title: Sankhed Plates of Dadda II–A & B
The current location of the record: Sankheḍa, Baroda District, Gujarat
Date: c. 642 CE.
King: Dadda II
Dynasty: Early Gūjara
[Source: USVAE, No-107, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 523-529]

Title: Umeta Plates of Dadda II
The current location of the record: Umetā, Kheḍā District, Gujarat
Date: c. 648-49 CE.
Author/ Authority: Dadda (III)
Dynasty: Early Gūrjara
[Source: USVAE, No-117, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 580-587]

Title: Bagumra Plates of Dadda
The current location of the record: Bagumrā, Palsāna Taluk, Nausari District, Gujarat
Date: c. 663 CE.
King: Dadda (III)
Dynasty: Early Gūrjara
[Source: USVAE, No-28, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 153-157]

Title: Ilao Plates of Dadda (II) Prasantaraga
The current location of the record: Īlāo, Broach District, Gujarat
Date: c. 665 CE.
Author/ Authority: Dadda (II) Praśāntarāga
Dynasty: Early Gūrjara
[Source: USVAE, No-31, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 165-169]

Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa

Title: Tiwarkhed Plates of Rashtrakūta Nannaraja
The current location of the record: Tiwarkheda, Multai Tahshil, Betul District , Madhya Pradesh
Date: c. 731 CE.
King: Nannarāja
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa
[Source: USVAE, No-89, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 425-429]

Title: Multai Plates of Nannaraja
The current location of the record: Mulātai, Multai Tahsil, Betul District, Madhya Pradesh
Date: c. 709 CE.
King: Nannarājā
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa (of Vidarbha)
[Source: USVAE, No-18, (Vol. 5), Page No: 79-82]

Title: Jethwai Plates of The Rāṣṭrakūṭa Queen Śilamahādevī
The current location of the record: Jethwai, Nimar District, Madhya Pradesh
Date: c. 786 CE.
King: Queen Śilamahādevī
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa
[Source: USVAE, No-88, (Vol. 5), Page No: 434-442]

Title: Hilol Plates of Year 470
The current location of the record: Hilol, Dehgam Taluk, Ahmedabad District, Gujarat
Date: c. 788 CE.
King: Kakka
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa
[Source: USVAE, No-89, (Vol. 5), Page No: 443-446]

Title: Rādhānpur Plates of Govinda III
The current location of the record: Rādhanpur, Banaskantha District, Gujarat
Date: c. 808 CE.
King: Govinda III
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa
[Source: USVAE, No-12, (Vol. 6), Page No: 71-75]

Title: Baroda Grant of Karka Suvarṇavarṣa, Saka 734
The current location of the record: Baroda, Baroda District, Gujarat
Date: c. 812-813 CE.
King: Karka Suvarṇavarṣa
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa of Gujarat
[Source: USVAE, No-19, (Vol. 6), Page No: 110-121]

Title: Brahmaṇapallī Grant of Karkka Suvarṇavarṣa
The current location of the record: Baroda, Baroda District, Gujarat
Date: c. 824 CE.
King: Karkka Suvarṇavarṣa
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa of Gujarat
[Source: USVAE, No-25, (Vol. 6), Page No: 157-161]

Title: Kavi Plates of Govindarāja, Saka 749
The current location of the record: Kāvī, Broach District, Gujarat
Date: c. 827 CE.
King: Govindarāja
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa of Gujarat
[Source: USVAE, No-26, (Vol. 6), Page No: 162-168]

Title: A Rashtrakuta Grant of Kṛṣṇa II, Dated Saka 832
The current location of the record: Kāpaḍvaṇaj, Kaira District, Gujarat
Date: c. 910-911 CE.
King: Kṛṣṇa II
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa
[Source: USVAE, No-3, (Vol. 7), Page No: 6-14]

Title: Bagumra Plates of Indra III Saka-Samvat 836 (I Set)
The current location of the record: Bagumrā, Former Baroda State, Gujarat
Date: c. 915 CE.
King: Indra III
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa
[Source: USVAE, No-5, (Vol. 7), Page No: 20-29]

Title: Bagumra Plates of Indra III Saka-Samvat 836 (II Set)
The current location of the record: Bagumrā, Former Baroda State, Gujarat
Date: c. 915 CE.
King: Indra III
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa
[Source: USVAE, No-6, (Vol. 7), Page No: 29-32]

Title: Three Copper-Plate Inscription From Gaoni A
The current location of the record: Gaonri, Former Narwal State, Madhya Pradesh
Date: c. 930 CE.
King: Govinda IV
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa
[Source: USVAE, No-25, (Vol. 7), Page No: 152-156]

Title: Cambay Plates of Govinda IV; Sakasamvat 852
The current location of the record: Cambay, Kaira District, Gujarat
Date: c. 930 CE.
King: Govinda IV
Dynasty: Rāṣṭrakūṭa
[Source: USVAE, No-26, (Vol. 7), Page No: 156-166]

Dynasty: Śailōdbhava [Śailodbhava]

Title: Puruṣottampur Plates of Sainyabhita Mādhavavarman II Srinivāsa
The current location of the record: Purushottampur, Pūrvakhaṇda Subdivision, Ganjum District, Odisha
Date: c. 633 CE.
King: Mādhavavarman II
Dynasty: Śailōdbhava [Śailodbhava]
[Source: USVAE, No-94, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 453-456]

Title: Puri Plates of Mādhavavarman
The current location of the record: Puri, Puri District, Odisha
Date: c. 633 CE.
King: Mādhavavarman
Dynasty: Śailodbhava
[Source: USVAE, No-95, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 457-462]

Dynasty: Cāḷukya

Title: Kairā Plates of Vijayarāja
The current location of the record: Kairā, Kaira District, Gujarat
Date: c. 643-644 CE.
King: Vijayarāja
Dynasty: Cālukya
[Source: USVAE, No-110, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 538-547]

Title: Navasāri Plates of Śreyāśraya Śilāditya
The current location of the record: Navasāri, Navasāri Division (Baroda State), Gujarat
Date: c. 671 CE.
King: Śreyāśraya Śilāditya-Yuvarāja
Dynasty: Cālukyas of Gujarat
[Source: USVAE, No-46, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 270-274]

Title: Mudgapadra Grant of Yuvarāja Śreyāśraya Śilāditya
The current location of the record: Karchela, Mahuwa Tahsil, Surat District, Gujarat
Date: c. 668-669 CE.
King: Vikramāditya (I); Śreyāśraya Śilāditya
Dynasty: Cālukyas of Bādāmi
[Source: USVAE, No-61, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 363-369]

Title: Surāt Plates of Yuvarāja Śreyāśraya Śilāditya
The current location of the record: Surat District, Gujarat
Date: c. 693 CE.
King: Yuvarāja Śreyāśraya-Śrī-Śilāditya
Dynasty: Cālukyas of Gujarat
[Source: USVAE, No-91, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 546-553]

Title: Navasāri Plates of Pulakesirāja
The current location of the record: Navasāri, Surat District, Gujarat
Date: c. 739 CE.
King: Pulakesirāja
Dynasty: Cālukya of Gujarat
[Source: USVAE, No-46, (Vol. 5), Page No: 200-209]

Title: Kadi Plates of Mulārāja
The current location of the record: Kaḍī, Mehsana District, Gujarat
Date: c. 987 CE.
King: Mulārāja
Dynasty: Cālukya of Gujarat
[Source: USVAE, No-60, (Vol. 7), Page No: 369-372]

Dynasty: Guhilās of Kiṣkindhipura

Title: Dungarpur Plates of Bhāvihita, Year 48
The current location of the record: Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Date: c. 655 CE.
King: Bhāvihita
Dynasty: Guhilās of Kiṣkindhipura
[Source: USVAE, No-9, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 44-52]

Title: A Grant of Guhila Bābhaṭa, Year 83
The current location of the record: Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Date: c. 689-690 CE.
King: Bābhaṭa
Dynasty: Guhila of Kiṣkindhipura
[Source: USVAE, No-79, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 485-495]

Dynasty: Guhila [of Chāṭsu]

Title: Nagar Inscription of Dhanika
The current location of the record: Nagar (Āgrā), Uniyārathikaānā, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Date: c. 684 CE.
King: Dhanika
Dynasty: Guhila [of Chāṭsu]
[Source: USVAE, No-71, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 432-446]

Dynasty: Sendraka

Title: Bagunra Plates of Allāśakti
The current location of the record: Bagumrā, (Balasar District of the erstwhile native state of Baroda), Gujarat
Date: c. 656 CE.
King: Allāśakti
Dynasty: Sendraka
[Source: USVAE, No-12, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 66-74]

Dynasty: Ruler of Kiṣkindhā

Title: Dhulev Plates of Maharaja Bheṭṭi
The current location of the record: Dhulev, Udaipur District, Rajasthan
Date: c. 695-696 CE.
King: Mahārāja Bheṭṭi
Dynasty: Ruler of Kiṣkindhā
[Source: USVAE, No-96, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 575-579]

Dynasty: Cāhamāna

Title: Hansot Plates of the Cāhamāna Bhartrivaddha
The current location of the record: Hansot, Anklesvar Taluk, Broach District, Gujarat
Date: c. 756 CE.
King: Bhartṛvaḍḍha
Dynasty: Cāhamāna
[Source: USVAE, No-64, (Vol. 5), Page No: 295-299]

Title: Harṣa Stone Inscription of Vigraharāja
The current location of the record: Harsha (Unchāpāhār), Former Jaipur State, Rajasthan
Date: c. 973 CE.
King: Vigraharāja
Dynasty: Cāhamāna
[Source: USVAE, No-52, (Vol. 7), Page No: 322-333]

Dynasty: Śailavaṃśa

Title: Ragholi Plates of Jayavardhana-II
The current location of the record: Raghōli [Ragholi], Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh
Date: 8th century CE.
King: Jayavardhana-II
Dynasty: Śailavaṃśa
[Source: USVAE, No-97, (Vol. 5), Page No: 491-495]

Dynasty: Saindhava

Title: Grant of the Time of Saindhava King Agguka II
The current location of the record: Ghumli, Jamnagar District, Gujarat
Date: c. 832 CE.
King: Agguka II
Dynasty: Saindhava
[Source: USVAE, No-27, (Vol. 6), Page No: 169-175]

Title: Grant of Saindhava King Jāika I
The current location of the record: Ghumli, Jamnagar District, Gujarat
Date: c. 834-835 CE.
King: Jāika I
Dynasty: Saindhava
[Source: USVAE, No-28, (Vol. 6), Page No: 176-181]

Title: Grant of Ranaka of a Subordinate Saindhava Branch
The current location of the record: Ghumli, Jamnagar District, Gujarat
Date: c. 874-876 CE.
King: Rāṇaka
Dynasty: Saindhava
[Source: USVAE, No-44, (Vol. 6), Page No: 279-284]

Title: Grant of Saindhava King Agguka III
The current location of the record: Ghumli, Jamnagar District, Gujarat
Date: c. 886-887 CE.
King: Agguka III
Dynasty: Saindhava
[Source: USVAE, No-53, (Vol. 6), Page No: 317-322]

strong>Title: Grant of King Jaika II; Gupta Samvat 596
The current location of the record: Ghumli, Jamnagar District, Gujarat
Date: c. 915 CE.
King: Jāīka II
Dynasty: Saindhava
[Source: USVAE, No-7, (Vol. 7), Page No: 32-38]

Dynasty: Gurjara Pratihāra

Title: Barah Copper-Plate of Bhojadeva
The current location of the record: Barah, Kanpur District, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 836 CE.
King: Bhōjadeva [Bhojadeva]
Dynasty: Gurjara Pratihāra
[Source: USVAE, No-29, (Vol. 6), Page No: 181-184]

Dynasty: Pratihāra

Title: Jodhpur Inscription of Pratihara Bauka
The current location of the record: Jodhpur, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan
Date: c. 837 CE.
King: Bāuka
Dynasty: Pratīhāra
[Source: USVAE, No-30, (Vol. 6), Page No: 185-191]

Title: Ghatiyala Inscription of Kakkuka
The current location of the record: Ghaṭiyāḷā, former Jodhpur State, Rajasthan
Date: c. 861 CE.
King: Kakkuka
Dynasty: Pratīhāra
[Source: USVAE, No-38, (Vol. 6), Page No: 231-236]

Title: Bhārat Kalā Bhavan Plate of Harirāja
The current location of the record: Bhārat Kalā Bhavan, Vārāṇasī (Benaras), Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 984 CE.
King: Harirājadeva
Dynasty: Pratihāra
[Source: USVAE, No-58, (Vol. 7), Page No: 361-364]

Dynasty: Pāla

Title: Mungir Copper-Plate of Devapaladeva, Samvat 33
The current location of the record: Mungir (Monghyr), Monghyr District, Bihar
Date: 9th century CE.
King: Devapalādeva
Dynasty: Pāla
[Source: USVAE, No-63, (Vol. 6), Page No: 375-382]

Dynasty: Paramāra

Title: Two Harsola Copper-Plate Grants of Siyaka
The current location of the record: Harsōlā [Harsolā], Ahmedabad District, Gujarat
Date: c. 949 CE.
King: Sīyaka (II)
Dynasty: Paramāra
[Source: USVAE, No-40, (Vol. 7), Page No: 250-255]

Title: Three Copper-Plate Inscription From Gaonri-B
The current location of the record: Gaonrī, Former Narwal State, Madhya Pradesh
Date: c. 981 CE.
King: Vākpatirāja
Dynasty: Paramāra
[Source: USVAE, No-55, (Vol. 7), Page No: 344-352]

Title: Three Copper-Plates Inscription From Gaonri-C
The current location of the record: Gaonrī, Former Narwal State, Madhya Pradesh
Date: c. 986 CE.
King: Vākpatirāja
Dynasty: Paramāra
[Source: USVAE, No-59, (Vol. 7), Page No: 365-369]

Dynasty: Candella

Title: Nanyaurā Copper-Plate Inscription of Dhangadeva
The current location of the record: Nanyaurā, Hamirpur District, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 998 CE.
King: Dhaṅgadeva
Dynasty: Candella
[Source: USVAE, No-72, (Vol. 7), Page No: 466-469]

Dynasty: Bhauma-Kara

Title: A Grant of Vakulamahadevi
The current location of the record: Not known
Date: 10th Century CE.
King: Vakulamahādevī
Dynasty: Bhauma-Kara
[Source: USVAE, No-12, (Vol. 8), Page No: 78-84]

Dynasty: Kalācuris of Tripurī (later Kalācuris)

Title: Karitalai Stone Inscription of Lakshmanaraja II
The current location of the record: Kārītalāi, Jabalpur District, Madhya Pradesh
Date: 10th Century CE.
King: Lakshmaṇarāja II
Dynasty: Kalācuris of Tripurī,
[Source: USVAE, No-35, (Vol. 8), Page No: 191-200]

Dynasty: Śulkī

Title: Maser Inscription of A Sukli Chief
The current location of the record: Māser, Bhilsa District, Madhya Pradesh
Date: 10th Century CE.
King: Kesarin
Dynasty: Śulkī
[Source: USVAE, No-68, (Vol. 8), Page No: 431-439]

Some Unknown Dynasty

Title: Bijayagadh Inscription of Vishnuvardhana
The current location of the record: Pillar¹ near the south wall in the hill-fort, Bijayagadh near Bayāna, Bharatpur District, Rajasthan
Date: c. 372 CE.
Donor/King:......../Vishnuvardhana
Dynasty: Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-34, (Vol. 3), Page No: 70-71]

Title: Vīradatta Vihāra Inscription From Mathurā
The current location of the record: Pedestal bearing an image of Buddha at Gōvindanagar [Govindanagar], Mathurā, now in the State Archaeological Museum, Mathurā, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 440 CE.
Donor/King: Jīvā/.......
Dynasty: Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-85, (Vol. 3), Page No: 165-166]

Title: Nandapur Coffer-Plate Innscription
The current location of the record: Nadapur near Surajgarh, Monghyr District, Bihar
Date: c. 488 CE.
Donor/King: Chhatramaha /...........
Dynasty: Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-167, (Vol. 3), Page No: 281-283]

Title: Arang Plate of Bhimasena II
The current location of the record: ĀRAṅG, Raipur District, Madhya Pradesh (Now in Chhattisgarh)
Date: c. 601 CE.
King: Bhīmasena II
Dynasty: Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-34, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 142-146]

Title: Stone Inscription From Kudarkot (Gavi-Dhumat)
The current location of the record: Fort of Kudarkoṭ, Itawa District, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 650 CE.
King: Harivarman alias Mamma
Dynasty:Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-122, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 610-617]

Title: Semaria Plate of Panduvarman
The current location of the record: Semaria, Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh
Date: c. 650 CE.
King: Pāṇḍuvarman
Dynasty:....
[Source: USVAE, No-123, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 618-622]

Title: Malga Plates of Samanta Idraraja
The current location of the record: Malgā, Shahdol District, Madhya Pradesh
Date: c.650 CE.
King: Indrarāja
Dynasty: Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-135, (Vol. 4, Part-1), Page No: 664-669]

Title: Varanasi Inscription of Pantha
The current location of the record: Vāraṇāsī, Uttara Pradesh
Date: c.700 CE
King: Unknown
Dynasty: Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-104, (Vol. 4, Part-2), Page No: 609-612]

Title: Pushkar Inscription of Durgaraja
The current location of the record: Pushkar, Ajmer District, Rajasthan
Date: c. 938 CE.
King: Unknown
Dynasty: Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-22, (Vol. 7), Page No: 127-130]

Title: Mandakila Tal Inscription
The current location of the record: Nagar, Tonk District, Rajasthan
Date: c. 987 CE.
King: Unknown
Dynasty: Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-61, (Vol. 7), Page No: 373-383]

Title: Siyadoni Inscription
The current location of the record: Sīyaḍoṇī, (Sārōṇī [Sāroṇī] Khurd), Jhansi District, Uttar

Pradesh
Date: 10th Century CE,
King: Unknown
Dynasty: Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-75, (Vol. 7), Page No: 482-497]

Title: Pandukesvar Plate of Padmatadeva Years 25
The current location of the record: Pāṇḍukeśvar, Garwal District, Uttar Pradesh
Date: 10th Century CE.
King: Padmaṭadeva
Dynasty: Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-69, (Vol. 8), Page No: 440-447]

Title: Ahar Stone Inscription
The current location of the record: Āhār, Bulandshahr District, Uttar Pradesh
Date: 9th -10th Century CE.
King: Unknown
Dynasty: Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-71, (Vol. 8), Page No: 457-469]

Title: Inscriptions From Maihar
The current location of the record: Maihar, Satna District, Madhya Pradesh
Date: 10th Century CE.
King: Unknown
Dynasty: Unknown
[Source: USVAE, No-72, (Vol. 8), Page No: 470-482]

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