Kollair/Kolleru copper plate of Nandivarman

Author: Anon.

Community: Śālaṅkāyana epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
August 23, 2019
EIAD165 Kollair/Kolleru Charter of Nandivarman II, year 8

Author: Arlo Griffiths

This set of four copper plates records the donation of the village of Vidēnūrapallikā in Kuḍuhāra to 150 Brāhmaṇas of various gōtras and charaṇas who lived in the agrahāra village of Kuravaka. The donation was made by Nandivarman and was issued from Vēṅgīpura, which has been identified as the modern village of Pedavegi.

The charter is dated to the 8th day of the dark fortnight of Paush in the 7th year of Nandivarman’s reign.

Within the inscription Nandivarman is described as the eldest son of Chaṇḍavarman.

Community: Śālaṅkāyana epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
August 23, 2019