Vēlpūru Pillar of Mādhavavarman

Author: Anon.

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Vēlpūru stone inscription of Mādhavavarman

Author: Sankaranarayanan, S.

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.

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Pulōmbūru copper plates of Mādhavavarman

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August 22, 2019
Pulōmbūru Charter of Mādhavavarman, year 48

Author: Subba Rao, R.

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.

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Ipūr copper plates of Mādhavavarman (II)

Author: Anon.

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August 22, 2019
Ipūr Charter of Mādhavavarman, year 47

Author: Hultzsch, E.

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.

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Ipūr copper plates of Mādhavavarman

Author: Anon.

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Ipūr Charter of Mādhavavarman, year 37

Author: Hultzsch, E.

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.

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EIAD175 Tummalagudem Charter of Vikramendravarman II, year 11

Author: Arlo Griffiths

This set of copper plates were found alongside a second Viṣṇukundin charter in the village of Tummalagūdem in Rāmannapeṭa taluk in the Nalgoṇḍa district of Telingana.

The charter records the donation of the village of Iṛudērō to the monks of the Ārya-saṁgha who reside in the Paramabhaṭṭārikā-mahāvihāra in the town of Indrapura. The Paramabhaṭṭārikā-mahāvihāra is recorded as having been built by a Queen called Paramabhaṭṭārikā-mahādēvī. The donation was made by Vikramēndravarman II on the 8th day of the dark half of the month of Kārtika in the 11th year of Vikramēndravarman’s reign. The inscription states that the donation was made when Vikramēndravarman visited Indrapura on his return from defeating a Pallava named Siṁha.

 

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