Copper plates from Tummalagudem (set I) — reign of Govindavarman I, year 37

Author: Arlo Griffiths

Community: Viṣṇukuṇḍin epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
August 21, 2019
EIAD174 Tummalagudem Charter of Govindavarman I, year 37

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 Peṇkapara to the Āryasaṁgha in the Paramabhaṭṭārikā-mahāvihāra in the town of Indrapura; the vihāra was built by Gōvindavarman’s eldest Queen, Paramabhaṭṭārikā Mahādēvī.

The donation was made by Gōvindavarman on the full moon day of Vaiśākha in the 37th year of Gōvindavarman’s reign.

Community: Viṣṇukuṇḍin epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
August 21, 2019
Copper plates from Tummalagudem (set II), reign of Vikramendravarman II, year 11

Author: Anon.

Community: Viṣṇukuṇḍin epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
August 21, 2019
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.

 

Community: Viṣṇukuṇḍin epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
August 21, 2019