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.

EIAD Translation

(1–5)Hail! From the victorious (city of) Veṅgī, (by the order) of the glorious and victorious great king Skandavarman, the Śālaṅkāyana, who is favored by the feet of the lord Citrarathasvāmin and devoted to the feet of his lord father, the villagers of Cintapura (in the Kudrāhāra) are to be addressed:

(5–9)‘There is this small village (i.e. Cintapura), given by us, with all exemptions, for the sake of increasing the prosperity and fame or our lineage and gotra, to this Śivārya, who belongs to the gotra of the Maudgalyas and resides in the village of [Le]kumāri.

(9–12)Knowing that, you must render proper service according to the old custom. Furthermore all (our) officers appointed to tasks (or: officers appointed to all tasks) and provincial governors, etc. (miśra), are to exempt this small village.’

(13–14)In the first year of the prosperous, glorious and victorious reign, on the full-moon day of Vaiśākha, the charter has been given.

I.

By many land has been given; and by many it has been protected. Whoever holds land at a given moment, to him does the fruit then belong.

 

II.

The giver of land revels sixty thousand years in heaven; the one who confiscates [land] as well as the one who allows [the confiscation] will reside as many [years] in hell.

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