750 Year Old Explicit Stone Tablet Discovered in Vasai

Early in December 2012, a team of the historians in Vasai recovered the 750 year old stone tablet which has sexually explicit inscription. The historians explained that the bygone king of that area (identity of whom is yet to be discovered) might have had custom-made the carvings as warning symbol for keeping the trespassers at a distance or to make sure that the tax collectors regularly deposited the revenue.

The stone tablet bears the inscription of a donkey copulating with the female, which might be an indication that women of trespassers would face a similar fate. In the olden times, the property owners in Vasai area used to place the carved stones at entrances of their properties. This practice is followed even today in Vasai. Trespassers were given a warning using the abusive words but historians believe that such a pictorial abuse was not common.

The stone tablet dates back to 1268 AD and was recovered from the Kiravali village. The measurements of the stone are 126 cm, 56 cm and 22 cm in length, width and breadth respectively. The stone is from the era of Shilahara kings who were the rulers of Vasai around 1000 years back. Shilahara kings had ruled over the Vasai region before Portuguese in 1536.
 
It is important to note that this stone tablet was, at some point of the time, acclaimed artifact in village. It was kept in Chankai Devi Mandir and villagers broke coconuts on it on new moon day. Later, this stone was kept near the pond. The historians eventually removed this stone tablet and were surprised at the historical value.