Community: Viṣṇukuṇḍin epigraphy

This stone inscription, which is inscribed across two sides of white marble pillar is located in the first maṇḍapa of the Rāmaliṅgasvāmin temple in Vēlpūru.

The inscription records the installation of an image of Vināyaka, a form of Gaṇēśa and offerings to the deity by Mādhavavarman. Within the inscription Mādhavavarman is refered to as the son of Gōvindavarman and that the donation was made to increase the kings spiritual merit.

The inscription is damaged resulting in the date of the donation being uncertain although it does date to the 33rd year of Mādhavavarman’s reign.

This set of 5 copper plates were found by Boppana Narasimhamurti garu, a landlord in the village of Kandulapalem, whilst digging in a field. The plates are secured together with a ring and seal.

The charter records the donation of the village of Tuṇḍi on the bank of Cheyyeru to the Brāhmaṇa Swāmi Śarma, son of Rudraśarma of the Kauṇḍiṇyasa gotra of the Āpastamba sūtra and a resident of Āki. The donation was made by Vikramēndravarman, who is referred to in the inscription as Vikramēndra bhaṭṭārakavarma and is described as the son of Indravarman, the grandson of Vikramēndra Bhaṭṭārakavarma, who is described as an ornament to the family of the Viṣṇukundins and the Vākāṭas, and the great-grandson of Mādhavavarman who performed 11 Asvamedha sacrifices.

The charter was issued from an army camp on the 1st day of Grīṣma-pakṣa in the 14th year of Vikramēndravarman’s reign.

This set of four coppers plates was discovered in the village of Polamura in 1913 and are now in the Madras Museum. The securing seal and ring were not found at the time of the charters discovery.

The charter records the donations of the village of Pulōmbūru on the banks of Daḷiyavāvi, and four nivartanas of land in the village of Mayindavatike in Guddavādi vishaya to Śivaśarma, son of Dāmaśarma and a native of Kuṇrūru in Kammarāṣṭra. Śivaśarma belonged to the Gautama gotra. The donation was made by Mādhavavarman who is described as the son of Govindavarma and the grandson of Vikramahēndravarma.

The charter was issued on the full moon of the month of Phālguṇa on the occasion of a lunar eclipse. The charter was made in the 48th year of Mādhavavarman’s reign.

This set of three copper plates belonged to a family of pandits in the village of Rāmatīrtham, near Vizianagram. The plates are secured by a ring and seal. The seal is decorated with an image of a lion, side on, with one paw raised, with mouth open and its tail raised.

The charter records the donation of the village of Peruvāḍaka in Plaki-rāṣṭra to the Brāhmaṇa Nagnaśarman of the Mandīra gotra of the Taittirīya branch of the Yajurveda. The donation was made by Indravarman to increase his religious merit.

In the inscription, Indravarman is described as the son of Vikramēndra and the grandson of Mādhavavarman who performed 11 Asvamedha sacrifices.

The charter was issued from Puranisaṅgama and is dated to the 7th day of the bright fortnight of Jyaiṣṭha in the 27th year of Indravarman’s reign.

The copper plates record the grant of a village Muṛokaki to two Brāhmaṇas, Agniśarman and Indraśarman. The grant was given by Mādhavavarman who is described in the inscription as a worshipper of Śrīparvata and the son of Dēvavarman and the grandson of the Mahārāja Mādhavavarman who is said to have performed 11 Asvamedha sacrifices.

The charter is dated to the 7th day of the 7th fortnight of the rainy season in the 47th year of reign.