Kandulapalem/Tuṇḍi copper plates of Vikramēndravarman II
Kandulapalem/Tuṇḍi Charter of Vikramēndravarman II, year 14
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.
Chikkulla copper plates of Vikramēndravarman II
EIAD182 Chikkulla grant of Vikramendravarman, year 10
This set of five copper plates was discovered in 1886 by Pindi Nammayya of Upperagudem, a village in Amalapuram in Golugonda taluk of Vizagapatam district. The charter was found whilst Nammayya was excavating a tank called Atikavani in Chikkulla agrahāra in Gōdāvari district. The village of Chikkulla is possibly located in the region marked on the map.
The copper plates are secured with 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 Regonram to the temple of Sōmagirīśvaranātha which was dedicated to a form of Śiva, Tryambaka. The donation was made by Vikramēndravarman who is described as the son of Indrabhaṭṭārakavarman, the grandson of Vikramēndravarman, who is described as ‘embellishing the families of the Viṣṇukundins and the Vākāṭas, and the great-grandson of Mādhavavarman who performed 11 Aśvamedha sacrifices.
The charter was issued from Ḷenduḷūra on the 5th day of the 8th fortnight of the summer in the 10th year of reign.
Image of copper plate charter. (http://www.chennaimuseum.org/draft/gallery/01/07/copper3.htm)
Copper plates from Tummalagudem (set II), reign of Vikramendravarman II, year 11
EIAD175 Tummalagudem Charter of Vikramendravarman II, year 11
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.