Object type: Charter

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.

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.

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.

This stone inscription, which is inscribed across two sides of white marble pillar is located in the first maṇḍapa of the Rāmaliṅgasvāmin temple in Vēlpūru.

The inscription records the installation of an image of Vināyaka, a form of Gaṇēśa and offerings to the deity by Mādhavavarman. Within the inscription Mādhavavarman is refered to as the son of Gōvindavarman and that the donation was made to increase the kings spiritual merit.

The inscription is damaged resulting in the date of the donation being uncertain although it does date to the 33rd year of Mādhavavarman’s reign.

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.

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.

This set of three copper plates belonged to a family of pandits in the village of Rāmatīrtham, near Vizianagram. The plates are secured by a ring and seal. The seal is decorated with an image of a lion, side on, with one paw raised, with mouth open and its tail raised.

The charter records the donation of the village of Peruvāḍaka in Plaki-rāṣṭra to the Brāhmaṇa Nagnaśarman of the Mandīra gotra of the Taittirīya branch of the Yajurveda. The donation was made by Indravarman to increase his religious merit.

In the inscription, Indravarman is described as the son of Vikramēndra and the grandson of Mādhavavarman who performed 11 Asvamedha sacrifices.

The charter was issued from Puranisaṅgama and is dated to the 7th day of the bright fortnight of Jyaiṣṭha in the 27th year of Indravarman’s reign.

The copper plates record the grant of a village Muṛokaki to two Brāhmaṇas, Agniśarman and Indraśarman. The grant was given by Mādhavavarman who is described in the inscription as a worshipper of Śrīparvata and the son of Dēvavarman and the grandson of the Mahārāja Mādhavavarman who is said to have performed 11 Asvamedha sacrifices.

The charter is dated to the 7th day of the 7th fortnight of the rainy season in the 47th year of reign.

The set of three copper plates was found in the possession of Brindavanam Gopalacharlu in the village of Ipūr in Tenāli Taluk of Guṇṭūr district. The copper plates are secured with a ring and seal. The seal is decorated with a legend and either a figure or symbol between two lamp-stands.

The charter records the donation of the village of Vilembai in Guddādī-viṣaya by Mādhavavarman. The donation was made to Brāhmaṇa Agniśarman of the Vatsa gotra.

The grant was issued from Mādhavavarman’s camp at Kuḍāvāḍa on the 15th day of the 7th fortnight of the hot season in the 37th year of reign.

Within the inscription Mādhavavarman is described as the son of Mahārāja Gōvindavarman, who worshipped at the temple of Śrīparvata.