EIAD166 Pedavegi Charter of Nandivarman II, year 10
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.
Kantēru copper plate of Nandivarman
EIAD163 Kantēru Charter of Nandivarman
This set of four copper plates was unearthed alongside a second Śālaṅkāyana charter in the village of Kantēru. The plates were secured together with a ring and seal which are both damaged.
The charter records the donation of a piece of land measuring 12 nivartansa in the village of Kuruvāḍa in Kudrahāra vishy to Svāmi Chandra of the Maudgalya gōtra. The donation was made by Nadivarman and was issued from Vēṅgīpura, which has been identified as the modern village of Pedavegi.
The charter was issued on the new moon day.
Kantēru copper plate of Skandavarman
EIAD168 Kantēru Charter of Skandavarman, year 1
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.
Kandulapalem/Tuṇḍi copper plates of Vikramēndravarman II
Kandulapalem/Tuṇḍi Charter of Vikramēndravarman II, year 14
This set of 5 copper plates were found by Boppana Narasimhamurti garu, a landlord in the village of Kandulapalem, whilst digging in a field. The plates are secured together with a ring and seal.
The charter records the donation of the village of Tuṇḍi on the bank of Cheyyeru to the Brāhmaṇa Swāmi Śarma, son of Rudraśarma of the Kauṇḍiṇyasa gotra of the Āpastamba sūtra and a resident of Āki. The donation was made by Vikramēndravarman, who is referred to in the inscription as Vikramēndra bhaṭṭārakavarma and is described as the son of Indravarman, the grandson of Vikramēndra Bhaṭṭārakavarma, who is described as an ornament to the family of the Viṣṇukundins and the Vākāṭas, and the great-grandson of Mādhavavarman who performed 11 Asvamedha sacrifices.
The charter was issued from an army camp on the 1st day of Grīṣma-pakṣa in the 14th year of Vikramēndravarman’s reign.
Pulōmbūru copper plates of Mādhavavarman
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.