# Sanjeli inscriptions

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According to the Sanjeli inscriptions, [Alchon Huns](/source/Alchon_Huns) ruler [Toramana](/source/Toramana) ruled in the area of [Gujarat](/source/Gujarat).

[Sanjeli](/source/Sanjeli)

[Find spot](/source/Find_spot) of the Sanjeli inscriptions.[1]

The **Sanjeli inscriptions** consist in three copperplate charters found in [Sanjeli](/source/Sanjeli) in northern [Gujarat](/source/Gujarat), dated to 499 CE, 502 CE and 515 CE respectively: they are the "Sanjeli Charter of the Merchants", "Sanjeli Charter of Bhūta" and the "Sanjeli Charter of Mātṛdāsa".[2] The copperplates mention the rule of [Alchon Huns](/source/Alchon_Huns) king [Toramana](/source/Toramana) in the area, as *mahārājādhirājaśrī toramāṇe* ("Great King of Kings Toramana", in the Sanjeli Charter of the Merchants).[3][4]

The first copperplate refers to the 3rd year of the reign of [Toramana](/source/Toramana), and describes pious gifts made by merchants in the area of Vadrapali in the district of Sivabhagapura.[3]

The copperplates also describes how the local king Maharaja Bhuta in [Sanjeli](/source/Sanjeli) was made Governor (visayapati)[5] of the district of Sivabhagapura (northern Gujarat) by the grace of Toramana.[3][1]

The Sanjeli inscriptions indicate that Toramana penetrated at least as far as northern [Gujarat](/source/Gujarat),[6] and possibly to the trading port of [Bharukaccha](/source/Bharukaccha).[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Hans_Bakker_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Hans_Bakker_1-1) [Hans Bakker](/source/Hans_Bakker) [24th Gonda lecture](https://zenodo.org/record/377032/files/Bakker%202016.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Ray, Krishnendu (2003). ["MATERIAL MELIEU OF A WESTERN INDIAN VAISNAVA TEMPLE-CLUSTER: GLEANINGS FROM SANJELI COPPER PLATES (AD 499-515 AD)"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/44145467). *Proceedings of the Indian History Congress*. **64**: 255. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [2249-1937](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2249-1937).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bakker_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bakker_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Bakker_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Bakker_3-3) The World of the Skandapurāṇa by [Hans Bakker](/source/Hans_Bakker) [p.34](https://books.google.com/books?id=6p2XCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA34)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Siddham. The Asian Inscription Database IN00103 Sanjeli Charter of the Merchants"](https://siddham.network/inscription/in00103/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Indian Epigraphical Glossary by Dineschandra Sircar [p.378](https://books.google.com/books?id=pySCGvdyYLIC&pg=PA378)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Salomon, Richard (1989). "New Inscriptional Evidence For The History Of The Aulikaras of Mandasor". *Indo-Iranian Journal*. **32** (1): 28. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1163/000000089790082971](https://doi.org/10.1163%2F000000089790082971). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0019-7246](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0019-7246). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [24654606](https://www.jstor.org/stable/24654606).

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