This set of three copper plates were acquired by Walter Elliot from Sōmasundara Mudaliyār of Gōraṇṭla. The plates are secured together with a ring and seal, the design of which is indistinct.
The charter records the donation of the village Antukkūr and field, referred to as Ashṭaśata-patti in the village of Tānthikontha, which was located on the south bank of the river Kṛshṇabeṇṇā. The donated village and land was given to the Brāhmaṇa Koṭṭiśarmā of the Kāśyapa gōtra who knew the Āpastambha sutra.
Within the inscription Attivarmā is described as a descendant of the great saint Ānanda. The inscription does not contain a date.
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| Title | Gōraṇṭla Charter of Attivarmā |
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| Author | Fleet, J.F. |
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| Language | संस्कृतम् |
| Reigning monarch | Attivarmā |
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| Topic | donation of the village Antukkūr and a field, referred to as Ashṭaśata-patti in the village of Tānthikontha, to the Brāhmaṇa Koṭṭiśarmā of the Kāśyapa gōtra who knew the Āpastambha sutra |
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| Min | 550 |
| Max | 700 |
| Comment | The charter is not dated. I follow Indoskript in suggesting a possible date range of 550-700. |
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| Description | Campus dimensions not available. 12 complete lines with 3 lines on each side of the first two plates. Only a few characters are readable on one side of the third plate (the other side is blank). According to Fleet 1880: 102, "this obliterated writing [on the third plate] has all the appearance of having been beaten down with a hammer, by way of cancellation, after heating the plate". |
| Decoration | The plates are linked with a ring and a seal. The seal is decorated with a figure sitting cross-legged on an altar. |
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| References | Edited in Fleet 1880. |
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