The Chamak copper plates are an epigraphic record of the VÃÂkÃÂá¹Âaka dynasty, documenting a land donation to brÃÂhmaá¹Âas in the reign of king Pravarasena II in the fifth century CE. They were found at Chamak, in District Amravati, Maharashtra, India.
Chamak or Chammak is located 6.0 miles southwest of Acalpur according to Amravati district Gazetteer published by the Government of Maharashtra. According to J. F. Fleet the village is four miles s. w. of Ilichpur (Ellichpur). This is the old name for Achalpur. Chamak currently consists of a cluster of three villages on the banks of the ChandrabhÃÂgÃÂ river with those on the eastern bank known as Chamak Khurd and Chamak Buzurg. The plates were found in a field near the village in the 19th century and were acquired by Major H. Szczepanski. They are now in the collection of the British Library registered under the number Ind. Ch. no. 16.
The Chamak copper-plate charter was read and published by John Faithfull Fleet in 1888. The record was subsequently published by V. V. Mirashi in 1963.
The Chamak charter consists of a series of copper plates linked together with a ring held with a seal. The text of the inscription is Sanskrit throughout. The object of the inscription is to record the grant, by Pravarasena II, of the village CharmÃÂka situated on the bank of the Madhunadë in the rÃÂjya of Bhojakaá¹Âa. The grant consisted of 8000 bhà «mi-s by the royal measure. The donees were a "thousand BrÃÂhmaá¹Âas", although only 49 are actually named. The grant was made at the request of Koá¹Âá¸ÂarÃÂja, the son of à ÂatrughnarÃÂja. This Koá¹Âá¸ÂarÃÂja is also mentioned in line 45 of the Pattan copper plates. The grant is dated on the thirteenth tithi of the bright fortnight of Jyeá¹£á¹Âha in the 18th regnal year. The senÃÂpati was Citravarman. From the Beloràcopper plates, Set B, we know that Citravarman was holding the same post seven years earlier in the 11th regnal year of Pravarasena II.
The seal carries a verse in anuá¹£á¹Âubh metre.