Pulōmbūru Charter of Mādhavavarman, year 48

This set of four coppers plates was discovered in the village of Polamura in 1913 and are now in the Madras Museum. The securing seal and ring were not found at the time of the charters discovery.

The charter records the donations of the village of Pulōmbūru on the banks of Daḷiyavāvi, and four nivartanas of land in the village of Mayindavatike in Guddavādi vishaya to Śivaśarma, son of Dāmaśarma and a native of Kuṇrūru in Kammarāṣṭra. Śivaśarma belonged to the Gautama gotra. The donation was made by Mādhavavarman who is described as the son of Govindavarma and the grandson of Vikramahēndravarma.

The charter was issued on the full moon of the month of Phālguṇa on the occasion of a lunar eclipse. The charter was made in the 48th year of Mādhavavarman’s reign.