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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.

This set of three copper plates were acquired by Walter Elliot from Sōmasundara Mudaliyār of Gōraṇṭla. The plates are secured together with a ring and seal, the design of which is indistinct.

The charter records the donation of the village Antukkūr and field, referred to as Ashṭaśata-patti in the village of Tānthikontha, which was located on the south bank of the river Kṛshṇabeṇṇā. The donated village and land was given to the Brāhmaṇa Koṭṭiśarmā of the Kāśyapa gōtra who knew the Āpastambha sutra.

Within the inscription Attivarmā is described as a descendant of the great saint Ānanda. The inscription does not contain a date.

This set of four plates was first published in June 1954 after it was sent to the office of the Government Epigraphists for India by Shri M. Somasekhara Sarma of Madras. The location of its discovery is not known.

The charter records the donation of the village of Dhārikāṭūra as an agrahāra by Achaṇḍavarman who is refered to by the title Yuvamahārāja which Sircar translates as ‘crown prince’. The donated village was given to two Brāhmaṇa brothers Bhavaskandaśamārya and Bhartṛiśarmārya who belonged to the Bhemāṇa-Kāśyapa and resided in Donṇṇampi.

The charter was issued from Vēṅgīpura, which has been identified as the modern village of Pedavegi, on the 3rd day of the 6th fortnight of the rainy season in the 35th year. The year of the issue probably refers to the reign period of an unnamed king if we follow Sircar’s argument that Achaṇḍavarman was a crown prince.

This set of four copper plates was unearthed alongside a second Śālaṅkāyana copper plate in the village of Kānukollu, Guḍivāḍa taluk in 1940. The copper plates were found in the earth near the ramparts of an old fort, gold and lead coins have also been found in the same location.

The plates were originally secured together with a ring and seal, which was melted down shortly after the charters discovery.

The charter records the donation of the village of Kompara in Kudarāhāra district to the Chāturvaidya community who resided in Rathakāra. The grant is described as a Brahmadeya, suggesting that Chāturvaidya was a religious institution.

The charter was issued from Vēṅgīpura, which has been identified as the modern village of Pedavegi. The charter was issued on the 1st day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kārttika in the 1st year of Skandavarman’s reign.

The inscription states that Skandavarman was a worshipped of Chitrarathasvāmin and was the son of Hastivarman, the grandson of Nandivarman and the great-grandson of the Hastivarman.

This set of 8 copper plates was unearthed alongside a second Śālaṅkāyana copper plate in the village of Kānukollu, Guḍivāḍa taluk in 1940. The copper plates were found in the earth near the ramparts of an old fort, gold and lead coins have also been found in the same location.

The plates are secured together with a ring and seal and the chart records the donation of the village of Piḍiha by Nandivarman to the Chāturvaidya community in Rathakāra. The donation was made to increase the spiritual merit of Nandivarman and to increase the fame of Bālakamahārāja-kumāra Khaṁdapotta.

The charter was issued from Vēṅgīpura, which has been identified as the modern village of Pedavegi on the 1st day of the 2nd fortnight of the rainy season in the 14th year of Nandivarman’s reign.

Krishna Rao 1955-56 argues that this charter was issued by Nandivarman I and is not the same Nandivarman of the Pedavegi copper plate.