The charter records the donation of the village of Chinnapura in Kudrahāra vishaya to Śivārya, a resident of the village of Lēkumārī and a member of the Maudgalya gōtra. The donation was made by Vijaya-Skandavarman and was issued from Vēṅgīpura, which has been identified as the modern village of Pedavegi.
The grant was issued on the full moon day of Vaiśākha in the 1st year of Skandavarman’s reign.
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| Inscription ID | EIAD168 |
| Title | Kantēru Charter of Skandavarman, year 1 |
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| Author | Arlo Griffiths |
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| Language | संस्कृतम् |
| Reigning monarch | Skandavarman |
| Commissioner | Vijaya-Skandavarman |
| Topic | donation of the village of Chinnapura in Kudrahāra vishaya to Śivārya, a resident of the village of Lēkumārī and a member of the Maudgalya gōtra |
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| Min | 400 |
| Max | 450 |
| Comment | Intrinsic dating: 1st year of the reign of Skandavarman of the Śālaṅkāyana dynasty, i.e., approximately in the first half of the 5th century. |
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| Description | Southern Brāhmī script |
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| Description | Campus dimensions not available. 19 lines, 3 lines per face except 4 on the last. |
| Decoration | The plates are secured with with a ring and an inscribed seal bearing the figure of couchant bull. |
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| References | First described, edited and translated in Lakshmana Rao 1930. Re-edited with improvements and re-translated by Panchamukhi 1939-40 . Re-edited again for EIAD by Emmanuel Francis and Arlo Griffiths. See also Sridhar and Balasubramanian 2011: 35–36. |
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