This set of four copper plates records the donation of the village of Vidēnūrapallikā in Kuḍuhāra to 150 Brāhmaṇas of various gōtras and charaṇas who lived in the agrahāra village of Kuravaka. The donation was made by Nandivarman and was issued from Vēṅgīpura, which has been identified as the modern village of Pedavegi.

The charter is dated to the 8th day of the dark fortnight of Paush in the 7th year of Nandivarman’s reign.

Within the inscription Nandivarman is described as the eldest son of Chaṇḍavarman.

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Inscription ID EIAD165
Title Kollair/Kolleru Charter of Nandivarman II, year 8
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Author Arlo Griffiths
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Language संस्कृतम्
Reigning monarch Nandivarman II
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Topic donation of the village of Vidēnūrapallikā in Kuḍuhāra to 150 Brāhmaṇas of various gōtras and charaṇas who lived in the agrahāra village of Kuravaka
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Comment Intrinsic dating: 8th day of the dark fortnight of Paush in the 7th year of the reign of Nandivarman II of the Śālaṅkāyana dynasty, i.e. approximately in the first half of the 5th century CE.
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Description Southern Brāhmī script
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Description Campus dimensions unavailable. 13 lines with 2 lines on both sides of each plate, except the first plate, which is blank on the recto and has 1 line on the verso, and the fourth plate, which has 4 lines on the recto and is blank on the verso.
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References First described and translated by Elliot 1840. Text first published by Burnell 1874: 86‒87. Reedited by Fleet 1876: 175‒177 , and Burnell 1878: 135‒136. Re-edited by Emmanuel Francis and Arlo Griffiths for EIAD. See also Gopalan 1928: 74; and Nilakanta Sastri and Gopalachari 1937–38.
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