The Sanjeli inscriptions consist in three copperplate charters found in Sanjeli in northern

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the nin ...

, 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". The copperplates mention the rule of

Alchon Huns The Alchon Huns, ( Bactrian: αλχον(ν)ο ''Alchon(n)o'') also known as the Alchono, Alxon, Alkhon, Alkhan, Alakhana and Walxon, were a nomadic people who established states in Central Asia and South Asia during the 4th and 6th centuries CE. ...

king

Toramana Toramana also called Toramana Shahi Jauvla (Gupta script: ''Toramāṇa'', ruled circa 493-515 CE) was a king of the Alchon Huns who ruled in northern India in the late 5th and the early 6th century CE. Toramana consolidated the Hephthalite po ...

in the area, as ''mahārājādhirājaśrī toramāṇe'' ("Great King of Kings Toramana", in the Sanjeli Charter of the Merchants). The first copperplate refers to the 3rd year of the reign of

, and describes pious gifts made by merchants in the area of Vadrapali in the district of Sivabhagapura. The copperplates also describes how the local king Maharaja Bhuta in Sanjeli was made Governor (visayapati) of the district of Sivabhagapura (northern Gujarat) by the grace of Toramana. The Sanjeli inscriptions indicate that Toramana penetrated at least as far as northern

, and possibly to the trading port of Bharukaccha.The World of the Skandapurāṇa by Hans Bakkerbr>p.34
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{{reflist Gupta and post-Gupta inscriptions