This set of 5 copper plates was found in the village of Maṭṭepād in the Ongole region of the Guṇṭur district. The plates were sent to Rao Bahadur H. Krishna Sastri by the Tahsildar of Nellore. The plates are secured together with a ring and a seal which is worn.
The charter records the donation of the village of Kaṅgūra by Dāmōdaravarman. The donated village was divided into 18 parts and each part was given to a named Brāhmaṇa: Koṇḍinna Ruddajja, Koṇḍinna Nandijja, Koṇḍinna Khandajja, Koṇḍinna Bhavajja, Koṇḍinna Aggijja, Koṇḍinna Śryārya, Koṇḍinna Bhavajja, Koṇḍinna Khandajja, Koṇḍinna Savarajja, Koṇḍinna Aggijja, Koṇḍinna Virajja, Uassava Dāmajja, Uassava Kumārajja, Uassava Veṇujja, Uassava Devajja, Kāśyapa Nandijja, Vatsa Doṇajja, and Āgasti Bhaddajja.
The charter was issued from Kandarapura on the 13th day of the bright fortnight of Kārttika in the 2nd year of Dāmōdaravarman’s reign. Within the inscription Dāmōdaravarman is described as belonging to the Ānanda gōtra and who meditated at the feet of Samyak-Saṁbuddha.
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| Title | Maṭṭepād Charter of Dāmōdaravarman, year 2 |
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| Author | Hultzsch, E. |
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| Language | संस्कृतम् , Prakrit |
| Reigning monarch | Dāmōdaravarman |
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| Topic | donation of the village of Kaṅgūra by Dāmōdaravarman; the donated village was divided into 18 parts and each part was given to a named Brāhmaṇa |
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| Comment | Intrinsic dating: issued on the 13th day of the bright fortnight of Kārttika in the 2nd year of Dāmōdaravarman’s reign. |
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| Description | Southern class |
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| Description | Campus dimensions not available. 16 lines with 2 lines on both sides of each plate, except the first plate (which is blank on the recto) and the last plate (which is blank on the verso). |
| Decoration | The plates are secured with a ring and a seal. The seal is much worn but, according to Hultzsch 1923-24: 327, it seems to bear the figure of a seated bull. |
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| References | Edited in Hultzsch 1923-24. |
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