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INRAJ0456 Rantej Image Inscription

INRAJ0455 Mt. Abu Inscription

INRAJ0454 Mt. Abu Temple Inscription

This set of 5 plates were found in the village of Penugoṇḍa in West Godavari district. It is secured with a ring and seal, and the seal is possibly decorated with a seated bull.

The charter records the donation of the village of Mulukuli in Kānira district to 60 Brāhmaṇas who belong to various gōtras and charaṇas. The donation was made by Hastivarman who is described as 100 years old and was given to increase the merit, health and wealth of the king. The charter was issued from Jayapura on the 8th day of the dark fortnight of the month of Jyeshṭha. The year of the donation is not known.

INRAJ0453 Bhinmal Temple Inscription of Maharajadhiraja Caciga

INRAJ0452 Gangdhar Inscription of Rava Kelhana

INRAJ0451 Ahmadabad Inscription of Visaladeva

This set of four copper plates were originally secured together with a ring and a damaged seal. The exact location where the charter was found is unknown.

The charter records the donation of twenty nivartanas of land and a site for a house and servants quarters in the village of Ēlūra to Gaṇaśarman. The donation was made by Vijaya-Devavarman who is described in the inscription as a devotee of Chitrarathasvāmin and as a performer of ‘horse sacrifices’.

The charter was issued from Vēṅgīpura, which has been identified as the modern village of Pedavegi. The Ēlūra mentioned in the inscription has been identified as the modern town of Ellore/Eluru.

The grant is dated to the 10th day of the dark fortnight of Pausha in the 13th year of Devavarman’s reign.

This set of 5 coppers plates were found near Pedavegi and are secured together with a ring and seal. The image on the seal is indistinct.

The charter records the donation by Nandivarman of four plots of land in different villages to the cow-herders of Arutore, to support the god Vishnugrihasvāmin ‘the lord of the three worlds’. The details of the donation are:
– 10 nivartanas in Prālura
– 10 nivartanas in Munduru
– 6 nivartanas in Chencheruvu
– 6 nivartanas in Kambuvancheruvu

The charter was issued from Vēṅgīpura, which has been identified as the modern village of Pedavegi on the day of Sukla Pādyami in the month of Srāvana in the 10th year of Nandivarman’s reign.

In the inscription, Nandivarman is referred to as the great grandson of Hastivarman, the grandson of Nandivarman and the eldest son of Chaṇḍavarman.

Subba Rao states that Munduru is the modern village of Mundūr and that Kambuvancheruvu is located in the modern village of Kamburan Cheruvu.