Copper-plate inscription of Mṛgeśavarman, Year 8, inked impression
Copper Plate Inscription of Mṛgeśavarman, Year 8.
G. S. Gai, Inscriptions of the Early Kadambas (New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research & Pratibha Prakashan, Delhi, 1996), 85.
Records the construction of a Jain temple caused to be built at Palāśikā by the Kadamba king Mṛgeśa during his eighth regnal year for the benefit of his father Śāntivarman, and also records a grant of land after conquering the Gaṅgas and Pallavas. The gift-land which consisted of 33 nirvartanas from the river Mātṛsarit up to the sacred confluence of rivers called iṅgiṇīsaṅgama was made for the purpose of supporting the Kūrchakas who are naked religious mendicants. Dāmakīrti Bhojaka was ājñapti and Jiyanta was the Āyuktaka.