Srinivasa Ayyangar 1918

CATALOGUE
OF
COPPER-PLATE GRANTS.
MMA VWlirA RESEARCH INSJITUTE.
THICHUR. COCHIN STATE.
PREFACE.
'^HIS Catalogue of the Copper-plate Grants preservec

in the Madras Government Museum has been prcparec
by Mr. R. Srinivasa Raghava .A.yyangar, Archreologica
Assistant. It contains a short description of each of th(
grants, over two hundred in number, that have been recelv’ec
up to the end of August 1917. Frequently produced a;
evidence, chiefly in cases connected with landtenure, anc

afterwards unclaimed by the owners, these grants gradual!)
accumulated in the District Courts and other Governmeni
offices. At the suggestion of the Archaeological Departmeni
it was decided by Government (G.O. No. 934, Public, datec
!9th September 1902) that all copper-plate grants depositee
in the District offices of the Presidency should be transferrec
to the Museum, on the understanding that in the event of s
particular grant being required as evidence in a court of law

or for other purposes, arrangements could always be madt
for its temporary withdrawal from the Museum. Out of i
total of 218 grants. 190 were received from District offices,
many before the Government order referred to came intc
operation, while 18 were presented, 8 purchased on the recom

mendati n of the Government F-pigraphist, and 2 received or
loan.
There is considerable variation in the number and size o
the plates or individual leaves which make up a copjjer-plate
grant or tdmra-'sdsana (copper charter). In the great majo
rity the metal of which the leaves are composed is copper, bui
in the present collection there are three grants each composec
of a single brass plate, and two composed of single lead plates
coated with thin sheets of copper. The number of leaver

varies from one to thirteen, and where
they were strung together by means of
II PREFACE
through a circular hole m each leaf. The ends of this ring

are generally soldered to a circular seal. l)earing the emblems
and legend of the king who issued the grant. These emblems
or crests usually take the form of animals, such as a •bull, boar,
tiger, two fishes, etc. When the grant is composed of a single
plate the seal is usually directly fixed to it. The seal was thus'
an important evidence of authority on the part of the king or

other person who issued the grant, and in some cases an addi-
tional authentication is found at the end of the inscription, ihl
the insertion of the name of the tutelary deity of the grantor.

For example Sri Virnpaksha is met with in the grants of the
early Vijayanagara kings, and Sri Vhikatc'sa in those of the
later kings. In several cases two or even three different
grants are in the present collection recorded on a single plate,

or on the same set of plates.
The language of the earliest grants, the oldest of which
belon.’s to the fourth century A.l)., is Prakrit. This was
followed by Sanskrit, which is the language in general use up
to the seventeenth century, when the vernaculars of the country
came to be adopted. The script used varies according to the
dynasties,and also to the localities where, and the periods

when, the grants were issued. In the present collection the
grants appear in the following languages :
— Prakrit 3, Sanskrit
101. Tamil 62, Telugu 33, Kanarese 17, Malayalam 1, Uriya 1.
Most of the grants are donative records dealing with gifts

made by kings or persons in authority, usually of land, which
may extend in some cases to entire villages, but others merely
confer, a right to certain perquisites or special privileges,
They were executed not on ordinary days, but on day?

specially selected because they were auspicious, such as solar
and lunar eclipses, Ookitidsktami {KT\s\ind^% birthday), îva-
rdthri (the fourteenth day in the dark fortnight of the month

of Mdgha, sacred to Siva), etc. They are usually dated, some-
times in the regnal year of a king, at other times in the Kali-
yuga reckoning which commenced in 3102 B.C.. or in the Saka
era dating from 78 A.D., less frequently in other reckonings.
PREFACE iii
In ceruin cases astronomical data are given with such exacti-

tude that it is possible to' determine even to the hour, the
time at which the grant was drawn up.

EachVecord opens, as a rule, with a verse invoking the
blessing of either Siva or X'ishnu, or of the tutelary deity of
the king or other person who issued the grant. This is fol-
lowed in most cases by a more or less imaginary genealogy

of the king, tracing his ancestr)' back to a mythical founder
^f the dynasty, and sometimes stating the number of regnal
years, or certain historical events, in connexion with the kings.
The date, the name of the village donated, or details of the
special privilege conferred, and and the name, pedigree,
qualifications of thedonee are stated, the boundaries of the
land granted are detailed, and lastly there is an imprecation
rendering the grant binding on all future kings.
In the present catalogue the grants are arranged in dynas-
tic or family groups, which follow one another in alphabetical
order; the grants of each dynasty are arranged chronologi-
cally. In the case of each grant its nature is first described,
i.e., the number of plates employed and the special features
of the seal, if one is present, while any known facts with
reference to the discovery of the grant are briefly mentioned.
The language and script are next stated. This is followed
by a short summary of the grant, with special reference to
any important or noteworthy points which it may contain.
The date and its equivalent in the Christian era follow,
the latter calculated with the ard of the Kphemeris of Diwan
Bahadur L. D. Swamikannu Pillai, i.s.o. Finally references
to previous brief notices of the grants are enclosed in curved
brackets, while references to publications in which full tran-
scripts have appeared will be found in rectangular brackets.
M.^dras Govt. Musei'm, J. R. HKNDI-RSON,

8th May i()i8. Superintendent.
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.
App .Appendix.
A. K;M.R. ... ... Anmtal Report of the Assi»unt Archa-ologicnl Supeiintendeni

for Epigmphyi Southern circle (Mndras).
B. B.R.A.S, ... ... JoutnnI of the Bombny Bunch of the Roynl Asiniic Society.
£p. Ind. ... Epignphin Indies.

G.O Govemueni Order.
11 Nel. Gist, ... A Collection of ihe Inctiptionx on Copper-pintee »nd Stones

,
in the Neilore district, W

A. Bulterwotth, I.C.S., and
V. VenugopnU Chelti, I.C.S.. 190$.
Ind. Ant. ... ... Indian Antiquary.
Kiili ... Kaliyuga year.

... Saks year.
Sn. Dill. Mnn. ... Salem IHstricl Manual, 1 $$}.
S.I.I ... South Indian Imcriptions, edited by K. Hultrsch, ph.d., Rai

Bahadur V. Venkayya. M.A., and Rao Sahib H. Krishna
Sastri, K.A.
S. L.I. .... List of Inscriptions and Sketches of the Dynasties of Southern

India, by Robert Sewell, 18S4.
Tamil and Sanskrit liucriptions, edited by jas Burgess, c.i.B.,
T. S.l. ... ...
LI..D., F.t.u.t., with iranslaliuD by S. M. Naiesa Sastri,
1 886.
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CONTE NTS.
Page
Pr«faw:e i
Lise or Abbreviations V
Contents vi
British 1
Chilukytts, Eastern 1
Cbilukyas, Western tt
Chaies >3
Gin^s, Eastern ... 19
uinpi. Western *5
Kikatlyat a6
Matsyas *7
Mysore Kajas- *7
Niyakt of Madura 2ti
Eabavas 30
Pandyaas 33
Keddi Chiefs of Kood*'dda 34
Salankayanas 36
Sajuvas 36
SetupatU ... 37
tiultans of Delhi ... 41
Tanjore Rajas 43
Vijayanageta rCings 43
Vishnukundins .55
Miscellaneous 56
Petty Chiefs and Zamlndars 58
Private grants
66
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MHA VARMA RfSEARCH INSTITUTE,
TRICHUR, COCHIN STATE.
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CATALOGUE
OF
COPPER-PLATE GRANTS.
BRITISH.
British 1-
Two copper-plates connected by a ring, the ends of which are

secured by a figure of Ganesa, received from the District Court
of Kistna.
The language and script of the inscription are modern Telugu,
It records the settlement made by a committee of three members,
viz., Andrew Scott. Collector of Guntur, John Read, Collector of
Masulipatam, and I. L. Caldwell, Superintendent of Tank Repairs,
regarding the distribution of water from certain channels from the
Kistna river to the villages of Bapafla and Chukur (ChcrukQru).
The document was executed on the eighth iit/ii in the dark
fortnight in the month of I’halguna, in the year Raudra, S. 1722
{7th March 1801 A.D.).
chAlukyas. eastern.
Chalukyas. Eastern 1.
Three copper-plates connected by a ring, the ends of which are

secured by a seal having the legend ‘Sri Vishamasuldhi’, found in
October 1907, by Sukuru Ramasvami, while digging in a house-
site, in the village of Timmapuram, in the Sarvasiddhi taluk of the
Vizagapatam district.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being
Chajukyan.
The plates record that Maharaja Vishnuvardhana I alias
Vishamasiddhi, the founder of the eastern branch of the Chalukya
dynasty, gave four thousand nivartands in the fields on the eastern
side of the village of KumOlQra in the Palaki-vishaya to forty
Brahmans.
The inscription was issued from Pishtapura (Pithapuram) and
is not dated. The probable date of the grant is somewhat later
than A.D. 622.
(A.R.M.E., 1907-08. App. A. Na 2—G.O. No. 574, Public.
17th July 1908, p. II.)
[Ep. Ind., 1907-08, Vol. IX, p. 317.]
2
Three copper-plates connected by a ring, the ends of which are

secured by a seal bearing the legend ‘i'ri Vijnynsiddhi', with the
emblem of the moon above, and a star on either side, found in
October 1907, by Sukuru Ramasvami while digging in a house-
site in the village of Timmapuram, in*the Sarvasiddhi taluk, of the
Vizagapatam district, and sent to the Museum by the Collector of
Vizagapatam.
Chaiukyan.
The three plates originally contained an inscription which was
almost completely erased in order to make room for another record.
The present inscription occupies the second side of the first plate,
and two lines in the first side of the second plate. The idea of
getting the fresh document engraved on these plates was evidently
abandoned and we have thus got an unfinished record. It first
mentions Jayasimha-Vallabha and then introduces Indra-BhattS"
raka. The inscription ends abruptly.
The Eastern Chalukya Maharaja Sarvaloka&raya (Marigi
Yuvaraja) had the title of Vijayasiddhi, and hence the plates must
have been issued by that king who lived in the latter part of the
seventh century A.D.
(A.R.M.E., 1907-08, App. A, No. i— G.O. No. 574, Public.
17th July 1908, p. II.)
Chalukyas. Eastern Z.
Three small thin copper-plates strung on a broken ring to which

isattached a seal containing the emblem of the moon and the
legend FyVjyrtiiVWA/.’ They have been in the Museum for a long
‘
time and there is no record of the find. A part of the last plate,
which is broken, is missing.
The language of the inscription is Sanskrit, the script employed
being Chaiukyan.
After the usual Chalukya introduction, the document states that
Maharaja SarvalOkairaya, son of Maharaja Vishnuvardhana and
grandson of Indra-Bhattaraka, younger brother of Maharaja Jaya-
sinha I, gave the village of Notulaparru, situated in Karmarashtra
country, to a Brahman named Kuntidona Sarma, resident of
Kramja, on the occasion of uttardyana saiikrdiifi.
The grant was made in the twentieth year of the reign of
Maharaja Sarvalokasraya. Information regarding the date is not
available from the existing portion of the third plate. Sarva-
lOkairaya is another name for Maharaja Mangi-Yuvaraja who
had the title of Vijayasiddhi, and lived in the latter part of the
seventh century A.D.
(S.L.I., No. 176.)
Five copper-plates strung on a ring, the ends of which are
secured by means of a seal having the legend, 'Sri Vishamasiddhi’,
in bold relief, preserved in the Museum for a long time and
without history. The emblems of the sun, the moon, and a boar
being Chalukyan.
The plates record that Maharaja Vishnuvardhana HI, son of
Mahgi Yuvaraja and grandson of Vishnuvardhana II, gave the
village of MuSinikunda, situated in Tohka-Nalavadi vishaya, to a
Jaina teacher Kalibhadracharya, for the Jain temple at Bijavada
(Bezwada).
The ajnapti or executor of the grant was Ayyanamahadevi, the
wife of Maharaja Kubja Vishnuvardhana, and the charter was
marked with the seal of Maharaja Kubja Vishnuvardhana
{Vishnuvardhana I). These facts suggest that this grant must
be a renewal of a grant made in the time of Maharaja Kubja
Vishnuvardhana.
The value of the inscription lies in three facts :
(1) that Vishnuvardhana had a wife of the name of Ayyana*

mahadevi,
(2) that she was a follower of Jainism, and
(3Uhat this is the earliest Eastern Chalukya record, so far
known, in which there is a reference to Jainism.
The grant was piade on the dvadail day in the dark fortnight
in the month of Margaiirsha. The year is more or less illegible.
King Vishnuvardhana ruled from A.D. 615 to 633 and Vishiju-
vardhana HI ruled from A.D. 709 to 746. The grant was originally
made before 633, and renewed between A.D. 709 and 746.
[A.R.M.E., 1916-17. App. A. No. 9— G.O. No. 1035, Home
(Education), lOth August 1917, p. 9.]
Chalukyus. Eastern 5.
Three copper-plates unearthed in the village of Peravali and

received from the Collector of GuntQr, who secured them from the
finders.
being Chajukyan.
The plates record that the Eastern ChSl.ukya MahSrSja
Vishnuvardhana III, son of Mahgi MaharSja and grandson of
Vishnuvardhana 11 granted the village of MavinthipalH in VShgi-
,
Nadu, to a Brahman named SOmayaji BTra ^rman, a resident

of the village of Peravali. This village is identical with Peravali,
Tenali taluk, GuntQr district, where the plates were found.
The grant is not dated. Vishnuvardhana III ruled from A.D.
709 to 746.
(A.R.M.E., 1914-15. App. A, No. 3— G.O. No. 1260. Public,
25th August 1915, p. 8.)
Chalukyas, Eastern 6.
Three copper-plates strung on a ring, the ends of which are
secured by means of a seal bearing the legend 'Sri Tribhuvanamkusa',
placed over an expanded lotus flower and below the sun and
moon found at the village of E<leru, in the Nuzvid Zamindari, in the
Kistna district. They were sent to the Museum by the Zamlndar
in 1873. when they were found.
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Chalukyan.
The plates record that the Eastern Chalukya Maharaja
Vijayaditya son of Vishnuvardhana IV and grandson of
II,
Vikramartma, gave a plot of land in which twelve khatidikas of
kodrava seeds could be sown and a dwelling place in the village of
Vandrupiteyu, in the Kanderuvadi vishaya, to a Brahman named
Palia-Bhattaraka, on the occasion of a solar eclipse.
As Vijayaditya ruled from A.D. 799 to 843 the grant must have
been made during that period. No date is mentioned in the plates.
(S.L.I., No. 180.)
[Ep. Ind., 1898-99, Vol. V, p. II8.]
CbClukyas, Eastern 7.
Five copper-plates unearthed in the village of Peravali and

received from the Collector of GuntOr, who obtained them from the
finders. The plates are strung on a ring, the ends of which are
secured by a seal with a very indistinct impression.
being Chalukyan.
The plates record that the Eastern Chalukya king Vishpuvar-
dhana V. alias Vishamasiddhi, granted the village of RandubaUi,
in Gudrahara vishaya, to Bhavaiarman, a Brahman of the KaiiSi-
ka-gOtra, on the auspicious occasion of a lunar eclipse.
The grant is not dated, but the titles Sarvalokairaya and
Vishamasiddhi point to the king being Vishnuvardhana V, who
ascended the throne in A.I). 843.
(A.R.M.E., 1914-15. App. A, No. 2— G.O. No. 1260, Public,
25th August 1915, p. 8.)
Five copper-plates found in the Collector’s office, Masulipatam,
and received from the Sub-Collector of NarasapQr. They are
strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured by a seal bearing
in relief the emblems, of a boar, the sun, the moon, an elephant
goad and the legend ‘Sri Tribhu-MiiShkusit.'
being Chalukyan.
The plates record that the Eastern Chalukya king Chajukya
Bhima I granted the village of VedatulDru, in Uttarakanderuvadi
vishaya, to forty-six Brahmans of different gotras, on the occasion
of the Nityasraddha of his son, aged sixteen years, who was sur-
named Irimartiganda and died after fighting bravely at Nirava-
dyapuraandPeruvaiigOr-grama, killing the general of the Vallabha
king Dandena-Gundaya.
The usual genealogy of the Eastern Chalukya kings from
king Kubja Vishnuvardhana is traced, but the number of years
during which Jayasimha I and Vijayaditya-Battaraka reigned is
stated to be 33 and 19, instead of 30 and 18, respectively.
The record is not dated. Chalukya Bhima 1 ruled from A.D. 888
to 918.
(A.R.M.E., 1913-14, App. A, No. l— G.O. No. 920, Public,
4th August 1914, p. 10.)
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Cbalukyas, Eastern 9 .
Five copper-plates found on the 25th June 1897 in a rock-hewn

chamber of a quarry-compound at Bezwada and sent to the Museum
by Doctor Hultzsch. The plates are strung on a ring, the ends,of
which are secured by a seal bearing in relief the legend ‘SW
with a couchant boar above it facing the proper
’
Tribhitvanahkusa
left. The boar is surmounted by the sun and moon, and has an
elephant goad to its proper right.
Chalukyan.
The plates record that at the time of his coronation, the Eastern
Chalukya king Vishnuvardhana, usually called Chalukya Bhima,
gave the village of KQkiparru, in the Ultarakanderuvadi-vishaya,
to aBrahman named Potamayya, well versed in the Vedas.
The grant is not dated. Chalukya Bhima ruled from A.D. 888
to 918.
(Ep. Ind., 1898-99. Vol. V, p. 127.]
Chalukyas, Eastern 10 .
Five copper-plates_ found in 1871. during the ploughing of a

field in the village of EdCru, in the Nuzvid Zamlndari, in the Kistna
district, and presented to the Museum by iheZamlndar. They
are strung on a ring, the ends of which are soldered to a circular
’
seal bearing in relief the legend Sri TribiivanHiibusn

‘
with a re-
cumbent boar above, facing the proper right, and a iotus flower
below. The emblems of the sun, moon and two chamaras (fly-
whisks) are above the boar, and an elephant goad is to its proper
right.
The inscription' is in Sanskrit, the script employed being
Chalukyan.
The plates record that Amma Raja I. otherwise called Rajama-
hendra or Vishpuvardhana VI of the Eastern Chalukya dynasty,
gave the village of GohtOru together with twelve hamlets to
Bhandanaditya Kuntaditya. one of his military officers and
son of Prithvi Raja, in the presence of the inhabitants of the district
of Kanderuvadi.
A genealogy of the kings of the Eastern Chalukya dynasty
from Kubja Vishnuvardhana to Amma I, with the number of years
each reigned, is given in the plates.
The grant is not dated. It must have been made between A.D.
918 and 92s, the period of Amma Raja’s reign.
(S.L.I., Na I 79-)
IS.I.L, 1890. Vol. I, p. 37-1
Chalukyas. Eastern 11 .
Three copper-plates found in the record room of the Collector’s

office, Masulipatam, and received from the Collector of Kistna.
They’ are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured by means
of a seal bearing in relief the emblems of a boar, an
elephant goad,
the moon, and the legend ‘Sri Tribhuvanaiikusa ’.

Chalukyan.
6
The Eastern Chalukya king Vishnuvardhana VI granted the

village of DrujjQru, free of all taxes, to Mahak 3 la, the general of his
army. This village is the same as Dnijjur situated about nineteen
miles north-west of BezwSda.
The plates give a genealogy from king Kubja Vishnuvar-
dhana, the first sovereign of the Eastern Chajukya dynasty to
Amma Raja I, together with the number of years each reigned.
The grant is not dated. Vishnuvardhana is another name for
Amma Raja I, who reigned from A.D. 918 to 925.
(S.L.I.. No. 2.)
[Ind. Ant., l8;9, Vol. VIII. p. 76.]
Cbalukyas. Eastern 12.

Five copper-plates received from the Collector’s office, Kistna.
They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured by a
circular seal, bearing in relief the legend Sri Tribhuvanasimha
‘
and the symbols of a boar, an elephant goad, the sun and moon,
and an expanded lotus flower.
Chajukyan.
The plates record that Maharajadhiraja Vishnuvardhana aliu$
TadabhQpala of the Eastern Chajukya dynasty, gave the village of
SrlpQncli in Velanandu-vishaya to Kupparaya, son of Makariyaraja,
who was the Maha Samantamatya (chief and minister) of the king.
The grant was made in consideration of the valuable services
rendered by Makariyaraja. Velanandu is the name of the tract of
country, now comprising the taluks of Tenali and Bapatla.
The grant is not dated, but is stated to have been made during
the reign of the donor. As TadabhQpala ruled for one month in
A.D. 925 the grant must have been made in that year.
(A.R.M.E., 1908-09, App. A, No. 5-G.O. No. 538, Public,
28th July 1909, p. II.)

Three copper-plates discovered during the excavation of a
mound near the temple at Kolavcnnu, Bezwada taluk, and received
from the Collector of the Kistna district- They are strung on a
ring, the ends of whiqh are secured by means of a seal bearing in
relief the legend ‘Sri Tribhuvanamkuso in the middle. The
emblems of a boar, the sun and moon, two chSmaras (fly-whisks)
and an elephant goad are above the legend, and a lotus flower
appears below.
Chalukyan.
The Eastern Chalukyan king Chalukya BhTma 11 otherwise ,
known as Rajadhiraja ParameSvara Sri Vishnuvardhana VII, who

ruled over the kingdom of Vengi, gave, at the request of his vassal
Vajjaya, the village of Kodhatalli, having constructed an agrahara,
to a Brahman named Kommana. on the occasion of a summer
solstice (utiardyima).
The grant is not dated. Chalukya Bhima II ruled from A.D.
934 to 945-
IS.I.I.. 1890, Vol. I. p. 43-1

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Five copper-plates found buried in the backyard of Buddha-

raju Vehkataraju of Vandram, a village in the Bhrmavaram taluk
of the Kistna district, and received from the Collector of Kistna.
They are connected by a broken ring, which is soldered to
a circular seal bearing in relief the legend, Sri Tribhuvaiiamkusa
‘ ’
with a boar facing the proper left above, and a floral device below.
The emblems of the sun, the moon and an elephant goad appear
around the boar. The second side of the second plate is a
palimpsest.
Chalukyan.
The plates record that king Amma Raja II alias Vijayaditya
VI of the Eastern Chalukya dynasty, gave the villages of Tanderu
and BetipQpdi, having constructed agraharas, to Kuppanayya,
who held the titles-of niiitJtya and silmaiila.
Mention is made of the coronation of Amma Raja II, which took
place on the thirteenth lil/ii in the dark fortnight in the month of
MargaSirsha in S. 867 (5th December 945 A.D.), while he was
twelve years of age.
As the last portion of the inscription is quite illegible, the date
of the grant cannot be ascertained. Amma Raja II ruled from
A.D. 945 to 970.
(A.R.M.E.. 1905-06, App. A, No. 34— G.O. No. 492, Public,
2nd July I906, p. 10.)
(Ep. Ind., 1907-08, Vol. DC, p. 131.]
Five copper-plates which originally belonged to Mallampati

Mangayya of the village of Yelivarru, in the Repalle taluk, of the
GuntQr district, and were purchased by Dr. J. Burgess for the
Museum. The owner was building a house in 1864, and as he was
bringing earth in a cart, one of the bullocks put its foot into a hole
in the path. On digging, he found a large jar with a rusty iron
covering. The plates were hanging from an iron bar across the
jar. They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured by
a .circular seal. It bears, in relief, across the middle, the legend
'
‘
Sri Tribhiivatidmkiisa with a boar above and a lotus flower below.
The emblems of the moon, the sun and an elephant goad are found
around the boar. The second side of the first plate and the two
sides of the third plate are palimpsests.
Chalukyan.
The Eastern Chalukya king Amma 11 also called Vijayaditya,
,
gave the village of Elavarru, in the Velanandu-vishaya, to a

Brahman named KOramiya, “ the head of the writing department
in the treasury of gold ”, on the occasion of uttardyana.
The village granted may be the same as Yalavarru, Tenali
taluk, GuntQr district.
The grant is not dated, but must have been subsequent to A.D.
945 the year in which King Amma
II ascended the throne and
before A.D. 970, the last year of his reign.
(Ind. Ant., 1883, Vol. XII, p. 91.]
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Five copper-plates purchased from a Muhammadan in the

village of Vgmalurpadu, in the GuntOr district. They are strung on
a ring, the ends of which are secured by means of a seal
bearing in relief the legend ‘iVi Tribhux'anamkusa’ in the centre.
Below the legend is a lotus flower and the emblems of the sun, the
moon and an elephant goad. Above the legend are a boar and
a chamara (fly-whisk).
Chajukyan.
The Eastern Chajukya king Amma Raja II granted a piece of
land, in the two villages of AnmaijahgQru and Andeki, to Musiyana,
a Brahman of KarmachCdu, at the instance of his general Dugga-
raja, the great-grandson of the famous Pamdaraiiga, on the occa-
sion of uttarSyana saiikranii.
Reference is made to the political troubles that preceded the
accession of Amma Raja II. It is also stated that he was announced
heir-apparent in his eighth and crowned in his twelfth year.
The grant is not dated. Amma Raja II is known to have ruled
from A.D. 945 to 970.
(A.RM.E., 1909-10, App. A, No. 4— G.O. No. 665, Public,
28th July 1910, p. 15.)

Five copper-plates received from the District Court of Kistna,
Masulipatam. They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are
soldered to a circular seal bearing in relief the legend ‘.Sri
Tribhitvanamkum’ and the emblems of a boar, an elephant goad,
two chamaras (fly-whisks), the sun, the moon and a lotus flower.
Chalukyan.
The Eastern Chajukya king Amma Raja II, otherwise called
Vijayaditya VI, granted a plot of land to two Jain temples at
Vijayavatika (Bezwada).
The king was a patron of the Jain religion. He was crowned
king on Friday, 5th December 945 A.D.
The grant is not dated. Amma Raja II is known to have
ruled from A.D. 945 to 970.
(S.L.I.. No. 84.)
(A.R.M.E., 1908-09, App. A, No. 8—G.O. No. 538, Public,

28th July 1909, p. II.)
Chalukyas, Eastern 18.

Three copper-plates found in the Vernacular Record Room of the
Collector’s office, Masulipatam, and received from the Collector of
Kistna. They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured
by means of a seal bearing in relief the emblems of a boar facing
the proper right, the sun and moon, a ânkha (conch), an elephant
goad and the legend Sri Tribhuvaiiaiikuia
‘

Chalukyan.
9
The Eastern Chalukya king Sri Vijayaditya VI, otherwise known

as Amma 11 gave the site, adjoining the south side of the village
,
of Pambarru, to Yuvaraja Ballala Dgva-Velabhata-Boddiya, for

having improved the town of Gudravara. The plot of land given
is near Ghantaiala, in the Kistna eastern delta.
The grant is not dated. It must have been made between A.D.
945 and 970.
(S.L.I., No. I.)
[Ind. Ant., 1879, Vol. VIII, p. 73.J
Three copper-plates received from the Collector of Masulipatam.

They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured by means
of a seal, much corroded, but still bearing traces of a standing
boar and the legend, o/"/ Tribhui'amJiiku.sa.' The first two plates
are much worn and nearly half of the third plate, which is broken,
is missing.
The plates record that the Eastern Chalukya king Amma Raja
II, alias Vijayaditya VI, restored to a Brahman, who was his family
priest, a field which was resumed.

The grant is not dated. Amma Raja II ruled from A.D. 945 to
970.
[S.I.I.. 1890. Vol. I, p. 46.]
Chalukyas, Eastern 20 .
Five copper-plates unearthed in the NandigSma taluk, of the

Kistna district, and sent by the Sub-Collector of Be/.wada for
deposit in the Museum as treasure-trove. They arc strung on a
ring, the ends of which are soldered to a circular seal, to the rim of
which, all round, is fixed a thin bungle-like ring, from one
end of which is proceeding a full-blown lotus, in relief, on the seal.
To the proper right of this lotus is an aiikuâ (elephant-goad).
Above these is the legend. ‘Sri Tribhuvitudiikusti.' Above this
legend is a running boar facing the proper left. The moon anti a
chamara (fly-wliisk) are to the proper left, and the sun and a
chamaraarc to the proper right of the boar.
The language of the inscription is Sanskrit, with the exception
of a few lines in Telugu which describe the boundaries of the
village granted. The script employed is Chaiukyan.
The plates record that the Eastern ChaUikya king Maharaja-
dhiraja Paramesvara Parama-Bhattaraka Vijayaditya, otherwise
known as Amma II, gave the village of Mangaliii, in Natavadi-
vishaya, to a Brahman named Dommana, at the instance of Kakartya
Gundyana, a chief of a subordinate family called Samantavoddi,
on the occasion of nttardyana (the summer solstice), as Dommana
pleased Gundyana by observing the religious observance of poverty
named Karpntivrata. The observance consisted in “ bathing
every day, avowing continuous celibacy, speaking truth, preserving
purity, compassion, liberality and ritual and practising forbearance
and kindness.” Mangallu may be Mangollu or Magallu in the
Nandigama taluk of the Kistna district.
The grant is not dated, but it is stated to have been made at
the time when Amma II proceeded to the Kalihga country and
while the country was ruled by Danarnava, son of Chalukya
10
Bhima II, with thi‘ consent of Amma II. DanSrnava ruled from
A.D. 970 to 973.
—
(A.R.M.E.. 1917-18, App. A, No. I G.O. No. I035, Home
(Education), 10th August I917, p. 8.)
Chilukyas. Eastern 21 .
Five copper-plates received from the Collector of Godavari.

of a seal, having on the countersunk surface across the centre, the
legend 'Sri Tribhuvanahkusa’ with a boar facing the proper left
above, and an aiikuâ (elephant-goad) below. The sun and moon
are above the boar. A
saiikha (conch) and a chSmara (fly-whisk)
are to the proper left and a drum and a chSmara (fly-whisk) are to
the proper right of the boar. Below the ahkuSa (elephant-goad)
is a lotus flower. A water lily and a throne are to the proper right
and left of the lotus flower.
Chalukyan.
The plates record that the Eastern Chalukya king Rajarajadfiva
I. otherwise called Vishnuvardhana VIII, gave the village of
NandamapQndi, situated in Repderulunadimi-yishaya, having
constructed an agrahara, to a Brahman named Nanni Narayapa-
Bhatta, for his scholarship in Sanskrit, Karnata, Prakrita, PaiSacha
and Andhra languages, on the auspicious occasion of a lunar
eclipse.
It is stated that the coronation of the king took place on Thurs-
day, the second tithi in the dark fortnight in the month of Simha
in S. 944 (i6th August 1022 A.D.).
The grant was made on the full-moon day in the 32nd year of
the reign of Rajarajadeva, who ruled from A.D. 1022 to 1063, The
date was in all probability the 28th November 1053 A.D.
(Ep.Ind., 1896-97, Vol. IV, p 300.)
Chilukyas. Eastern 22 .
Seven copper-plates which have been in the Museum for a long

time. There is no record of the find. They are strung on a ring,
the ends of which are secured by a seal bearing in relief a kneel-
ing Garuda facing the proper left, with a lamp on either side. A
4 ahkha (conch) and a chSmara (fly-whisk) are to the proper left and
right of the Garuda.
being old Telugu.
The inscription gives a genealogy of the chiefs descended from
the Eastern Chalukyan king Beta-Vijayaditya V
down to Malla
Vishnuvardhana. A
subordinate chief of this king was Mahadeva,
son of Vishnuvardhana and grandson of BhTma. This chief ruled
over the province watered by the GautamT, one of the branches
of the river Godavari, and named MalySvanT. He gave the village
ChandravQrT, in ChCngurunant-vishaya. to one hundred and thirty
Brahmans.
The grant was made in the month of Phalguna probably in
S. 1127 (A.D. 1205).
(A.R.M,E., 1917-18, App. A, No. 10— G.O. No. 1035, Home,
(Education), loth August 1917, p. 9.)
II
CHALUKYAS. westkrn.
Chalukyas. Western 1 .
Three copper-plates found in the Kurnool district and received

from the Collector of Kurnool. They are strung on a ring, the
ends of which are secured by means of a seal bearing in relief
a standing boar facing the proper right.
Chalukyan.
The Western Chalukya king Adityavarman. son of Maharaja
Satyasraya and grandson of Klrtivarman, gave the allotment
(vriltili) known as uncMia-nuiniiifpiunulsa of the villages of
Mundakallu and Palgirc to two Brahmans named Reva 4 arma and
AgniSarma.
Satyakaya. father of Adityavarman, is said to have defeated
Sri Harshavardhana.
The grant was made on the full-moon tlay in the month of
Kartika, during the festival of Paitamahl and Hiranyagarbha, in
the first year of the reign of Adityavarman. Burnell, on the
authority of other inscriptions, has fixed the date as A.D. 652 53.
(S.L.I.. No. 95.)
(B.B.R.A.S.. 1883 -85, Vol. XVI, p. 223.J
Chalukyas, Western 2 .
Three copper-plates received from the Collector’s office.

Kurnool. They are strung on ends of which are secured
a ring, the
by a seal bearing in relief a standing boar facing the proper right.
Chalukyan.
the plates record that the Western Chalukya king Vikrama-
ditya SatySsraya (Vikramaditya I) gave I20 uivarUnuts or 15 acres
of land in the village of Ratnagiri, in the Nalavadi vishaya, to a
Brahman named PrabhakarasvamT. on the full-moon day in which
the Sangamamahayatra is held.
The grant was made in the third year of the reign of Maharaja
Vikramaditya. No other details, regarding date, are given.
The reign of this king is said to have terminated in S. 602 or 6ot
(A.D. 680-81).
No. 99 )
(S.L.I.,
(A.R.M.E., 1906-07. App. A. No. 9— G.O. No. 503. Public.

27th June 1907, p. 10.)
[B.B.R.A.S.. 1883-85, Vol. XVI. p. 225.)
Chalukyas. Western 3 .
Three copper-plates discovered about 1893 by a servant of

Adapalli Venkata Reddi of Parlapalli during the ploughing of
the land known as Talamanchipadu, in Talamanchi village, in the
taluk of KovDr, Nellore district, where a flourishing village is said
to have once existed, and presented to the Museum by the owner.
They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured by a seal
bearing in relief a boar much worn.
12

Chalukyan.
The Western Chalukya king Vikramaditya I, son of Satya-
iraya (i.e., Pujakeîn III and grandson of Klrtivarman and great-
grandson of Pulakesin I, gave the village of Elasatti, situated to the
north of the village of Kokhumkonra. to his guru Sri Mcghacharya.
The grant was made on the auspicious occasion of a solar
eclipse in the month of Sravana in the sixth year of the king’s
reign. (Probably 13th July 660 A.D.)
(A.R.M.E., 1906-07. App. A, No. 8~G.O. No. 503, Public, 27th
June 1907, p. TO.)
[Ep. Ind., 1907-08, Vol. IX, p. 98.1
Cbalukyas. Western 4.
Three copper-plates received from the Collector of Kurnool.

of a seal bearing in relief a boar facing the proper right.
Chalukyan.
The Western Chalukya king Vikramaditya Satyairaya or Vikra-
maditya 1. at the request of the famous king Devalakti of the
Sendraka family, distributed, free of all taxes five hundred and ten
nivat'taiuis of land in a field and a plot of garden land in the
village of Rattagiri, on the west bank of the river Andirika, to
Keiavasvamin. Prabhakara-ârman, his son, and eight other
Brahmans.
Vikramaditya is described as having con<|uered the three kings,
who disturbed his father, by means of a horse of the breed called
Chitrakant.ha. His father Maharaja Satyairaya is stated to have
defeated Sri Harshavardhana, who had the whole of Northern
India under his sway. His grand-father Maharaja Klrtivarman is
spoken of as having conquered the hostile kings of Vanavasi and
other cities.
The grant was made on the full-moon day in the month of
Ashadha, in the tenth year of the reign of Vikramaditya I.
(Probably A.D. 664.)
(S.L.I., No. TOO.)
(B.B.R.A.S., 1883—85. Vol. XVI, p. 227.]
Chalukyas. Western 5.
Three copper-plates found at Togerchfidu, and presented by

M.R.Ry. Togerchedu Ramabhadrayya Garu of Nandyal, in May
1915. They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured by
a seal bearing in relief a standing boar much worn.
Chalukyan.
The Western Chalukya king Vinayaditya SatyAsraya, son of
Vikramaditya I, having encamped at PampatTrtha, gave the right
of enjoyment of iiiUlyunchba and marumanHa in the village of
Togerchedu, in the Pedekul vishaya, and of marunchha and maru-
manna in the villages of Gullavelendavu, EreyQr and BatJeyQr, to
BhimaSarman. who was well versed in all the Vedas and Sastras.
13
Satyairaya’s father Vikramaditya is stated to have taken the

city of Kanchl, after defeating the king of the Pallavas.
Kartika in celebration of some victory. This happened in the
tenth year of the reign of the king Satyairaya, when the Saka year
6ll was over. (A.D. 68 q.)
(A.R.M.E., 1914-15. App. A, No. 10 -G.O. No. 1260, Public. 25th
August 1915, p. 9.)
[B.B.R.A.S.. 1883-85. Vol. XVI. p. 231.]
Chnlukyas, Western 6.
Three copper-plates received from the Collector of Bellary.
They are connected together by means ofa thick copper wire.
NagarT.
The Western Chalukya king SrT Vinayaditya Satyai^raya, while
encamped at Raktapura, gave, with the object of getting a son, the
village of MitterS, situated in Draupati 70, a subdivision of Valla-
kunde 300, to a Brahman named Keâva TrivCdi Bhatta.
The grant was made on Monday the 13th tithi in the, bright fort-
night in the month of Pausha in the year Kalayukta, S. 520. The
previous grant was issued by this same king in S. 611. This
king is believed to have ruled from A.D. 680 to 696 anti the present
grant is antedated by nearly a century. Either it is spurious or
5. 520 is a mistake for 620.
—
(A.R.M.E.. 1905-06, App. A, No. 12 G.O. No. 492. Public, 2n(i
July 1906. p. 9.)
CUOLAS.
Cholas 1 .
Five copper-plates which have been in the Museum for a long

time, and have no history. They arc strung on a ring, the ends of
which are secured by means of a seal bearing in relief a seated tiger
facing the proper right. There are two fishes to the right of this.
These three figures have a bow below, a parasol and two chSmaras
(fly-whisks) at the top and a lamp on each side. Round the margin
a sloka is engraved in Grantha characters, which has been trans-
lated, "This is the matchless edict of King ParakCsarivarman,
who teaches justice to the kings of his realm.”
A portion of the inscription is in Sanskrit and the rest is in
Tamil. The script employed is a mixture of Grantha ami Tamil.
The plates contain an edict issued by the Choja king Ko-Para-
kesarivarman alias Uttama Cheladeva, at Kachhippedu iConjee-
veram), at the request of his minister, to confirm the contents of a
number of stone inscriptions, which referred to certain dues to be
paid to the temple of Vishnu at Kachhippedu. The villagers of
KQrarnand Arlyarperumbakkam had to supply five hundred kadi
of paddy per year as interest on two hundred and fifty kalatijn of
gold borrowed by them from the temple treasury. Similarly the
inhabitants of the villages near Conjeeveram got loans from the
temple treasury and paid interest at the rate of five per cent per
14
annum. A
fresh grant was Issued by this same king, which con-
tains the arrangements made for the conduct of the Chittirai
festival of the deity in the temple of Uragam, in Kachhippedu. Two
hundred balanju of gold were deposited with the residents of certain
villages near Conjeeveram, who were asked to pay a yearly interest
of fifteen kalanju of gold to meet the expenses. Arrangements
made for the several services in the temple are also described.
This Parakesarivarman was the uncle and predecessor of Raja-
raja I and the period may therefore be fixed as the tenth century
A.D.
(A.R.M.E., October 1890 to March 1891, p. 4 — G.O. No. 452,
Public, loth June 1891.)
Chdias 2.
Five copper-plates which have been preserved in the Museum for
a long time. They are strung on a ring, which carries a signet ring,
to which a seal is soldered. It bears, in relief, a standing boar
facing the proper right. An elephant goad surmounted by the sun
and moon is above the boar and a dagger is to its proper right.
Three inscriptions are recorded in these plates.
The first inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being
Chalukyan. It occupies three plates and a portion of the fourth
plate.
It records that Snkantha, a ChOla Adhiraja (emperor), gave the
village of Mandaja to Balaiakti, for the regular conduct of worship
and offerings to Siva.
No date is mentioned.
The second and third inscriptions are in Teliigu, the script
employed being old Telugu. These occupy the remaining portion
of the fourth and one side of the fifth plate.
The former records that Balliya Chola Maharaju gave SaSi
Sateivara Bhatara the enjoyment of the income of the villages
named Mandara, Inumbrolu, and Umbaka, on the auspicious
occasion of uttardyana.
The latter records that Vaidumba Maharaja gave the village of
Katicheruvu, situated in Gadapa (twelve), to Nrittilokaivara for the
sake of daksbiiiayaiia Stinkranfi.
The grant was made on the .laptami tithi in the bright fortnight
in themonth of Ashadha in S. (89)3.
This Snkantha traces his descent from Karikala, the ancient
Chola king, who built steps on the banks of the river Kavfirl and
conquered Trilochana-Pallava. Mention is made of him in Tamil
literature.
(S.L.I., No. i;4.)
Chblas 3.
A single copper-plate received from the Collector of Chingle-
put.
The language and script of the inscription are Telugu.
A king (perhaps Chola) granted an agrahara to Tirunanniya-
puram Krishnamachariar but Rayar destroyed it, converted it into
;
four plots of land and constructed a tank. A

new village was
formed and was named Mannavedu. This village fras given to
Nadavarampattady of Salankayanarishi gotra.
15
The grant isd^ted the 22nd day in the month of VaikaSi in the
year Nandana, S. I008, Kali, 4I87. These Saka and Kali years
agree with each other, but correspond to the cyclic year Akshaya
and not to Nandana. Taking Akshaya as correct, the given data
would correspond to 15th May A.D. 1086.
—
Note. This and the subjoined eleven grants are more or less
similar in character. Two of them are e.xactly alike, while the rest
differ in minor details. These bear a seal at the top of the plates, in
’
which is inscribed, in Persian, RiViNiUn which means dharma or
'
chanty and another seal at the tnd of the inscription, in which is

inscribed, inTelugu, ‘ yekkol ApMJi'- These are dated S. 1008, lOIl
and 1085 it* which period they do not paleographically belong. The
cyclic and Saka years mentioned therein do not agree ;
they are
therefore supposed to be forgeries. Bm R. Sewell has stated in
his '* List of inscriptions and sketches of the dynasties of Southern
India,” that these might have been copies of older authentic docu-
ments, recording grants confirmed by a Muhammadan chief at the
time the copies were taken and therefore bearing his seal. The
year A.D. 1089 corresponds with the twenty-fifth year of the
sovereign, known as Vlra Chola, Raja Vlra, Raja RajCndra and
KulOttunga.
The other side of this plate contains a seal on which is inscribed
in Telugu, the name of the king Tiruchtinguclujlariijulu,' and some
‘
mantrams.
(S.L.I., No. 15.)
Chdlas 4 .
A single copper-plate received from the District Court of

Chingleput.
The inscription is in Tamil, the script employed being a mixture
of Tamil and Grantha.
The Chftja king Vlraiaiigiidaiyan granted an agrahAra in the
Panchanadi village, in Tondaimandalam, to a Brahman named
KrishnamSchari. Rayar having destroyed it, sold the plot to
Kopaiyan for two hundred and fifty pons.
The record is dated the 22nd day in the month of Vaikaii in
the year Nandana, S. 1008, Kali. 4187. The date probably corre-
sponds to 15th May 1086 A.D. Vide remarks on the date and also
note on plate No. Cholas 3.
(S.L.I..N0. 13.)
(T.S.I., 1886. p. 145.]
Cholas 5
A single copper-plate received from the Collector of Chingleput
in 1858.
The Chola king Viraiahgudaiyan constructed an agrahara in
Panchanadisthala and gave it to Alagayya. Rayar destroyed
this,dug a tank and divided the tract into four plots. A portion
appears to have been sold to Kottaiyan for one hundred and fifty
pons.
The record is dated the 22nd day in the month of Chittirai in the
year Manmatha, S. lOll, Kali. 41^. These Saka and Kali, years
agree with each other but correspond to the cyclic year Sukla and
not to Manmatha. Taking Sukla as correct, the given data would
correspond to r4th April 1089 A.D. Vide note on plate No.
Cholas 3.
(S.L.I.. No. 150.)
(T.S.I.. 1886. p. I44 I
Chdlas 6.
in 1858.
of Tamil and Grantha-
An agrahara was constructed
in a site of Panchanadisthala by
the powerful ChOla king VlraSaiigudaiyan and was given to
Alagayya. Rayar destroyed this, dug a tank, and divided the
tract into four parts. Some portion was sold to Knttaiyan for
one hundred and fifty pons.
The record is dated the 22nd day in the mopth of Chittirai in the
year Manmatha, S. toil. Kali. 4190. These Saka and Kali years
agree with each other, but correspond to the cyclic year Sukla and
not to Manmatha. Taking Sukla as correct, the given data would
correspond to 14th April 1089 A.D. Vide note on plate No. Cholas 3.
(S.L.I., No. 149.)
(T.S.L, 1896, p. 147.)
Ch6Us 7.
in 1858.
The inscription is in Tamil, the script employed being Grantha.
Anagrahara was constructed in Panchanadisthala in Tondai-
mandalam, by the powerful ChO|a king Viraiangudaiyan and was
given to Alagayya. A chief destroyed this agrahara and con-
verted it into four plots of land, which were sold to Kottaiyan
for one hundred and fifty pons. On the reverse of this plate there
is diagram showing the situation of the land.
a
Therecord is dated the 22nd day in the month of Chittirai in
the year Manmatha, S. lOli. Kali. 4190. (Probably 14th April
1089A.D. as S. loil corresponds to the cyclic year Sukla.) Vide
note on plate No. Chojas 3.)
(S.L.I., No. 139.)
[T.S.I., 1886, p. 137.J
Colas 8.
A single thick copper-plate received from che Collector of
Chingleput in 1858.
The Chola king ViraSarigudaiyan constructed an agrahara in
the village of Panchanadi in the Tondaimandalam country to the
east of Kahchl and gave it to a Brahman named Alagayyar.
Rayar destroyed this and converted it into four plots of land,
which were sold to Kottaiyan for one thousand pons.
17
The record is dated the twenty-second day in the mpnth of

Chittirai in the year Manmadha, S. .lOir, Kali. 4190. As S. lOII
happened, to be the cyclic year Sukla, the given date would
correspond to 14th April 1089 A.D. Vide note on plate No.
ChOlas 3.
(S.L.L, No. I40.)
[T.S.L, 1886, p. 140.1
Cholas 9
A single leaden plate coated with a thin leaf of copper, received

from the Collector of North Arcot.
The inscription is in Tamil, the script employed being
Grantha.
This is an exact copy of plate No. Cholas 6. Vide note on plate
No. Cholas 3.
(S.L.L, No. 4 )
(T.S.I., 1886, p. 147.]
Cholas 10.

in 1858.
The inscription is in Tamil, the script employed being
Grantha.
The Chflla king Vira&angudaiyan constructed an agrahSra in
the village of Panchanadi in the Tondaimapdalam territory east of
Kahchl and gave it to a Brahman named A)agayyar. Rayar des-
troyed this and converted it into four plots of land, which were
sold to Kottaiyan for one thousand pons. This is a copy of plate
No. ChOjas 8, but the boundaries of the village are given herein
addition.
The document is dated the twenty-second day in the month or
Chittirai in the year Manmadha,
S. lOl I, Kali. 4I90, As the cyclic
year Sukla fell in S. lOll, the date corresponds to 14th April 1089
A.D. Vide note on plate No. Cholas 3.
(S.L.L, No. 144.)
Cholas 11.
A single thick copper-plate received from the Collector of

Chingleput in 1858.
The Chola king VlraSahgudaiySn granted an agrahara to
Alagayyar. Rayar destroyed this, divided it into four plots and
sold them to Kottaiyan for one thousand pons. This plate, though
a copy of plate No. Cholas 8, contains, in addition, the measure-
ments of the plots.
The document is dated the twen.ty-second day in the month of
Chittirai the year Manmadha, S. lOIl, Kali. 4190. As S. lOiI
in
fell in the cyclic year Sukla, the date corresponds to 14th April
1089 A.D. Vide note on plate No. Cholas 3.
(S.L.I., No. 143.)
IT.S.L, 1886, p. 142.]
Cbolas 12.
A single copper-plate received from the Collector of Chingle-
put in 1858.
Both the language and script of the inscription are Telugu.
Triiaka Chola Maharaju gave an agrahara and certain lands in
Savalajagani village in Tondaimandalam east of Kahchl to a
Brahman named Tiruvenkateâ Ayyar. Rayar destroyed this and
converted it into four plots of land, which were sold to Kottaiyan
for one thousand and fifty pons.
The document is dated the tweiity-second day in the month of
Kartika in the year Manmadha, S- loil, Kali. 4190. The dates
correspond to 17th November 1089 A.D., as S. toil agrees with the
cyclic year Sukla. Vide note on plate No. Cholas 3. In addition
to the two seals already referred to, there is another seal on which
is inscribed in Telugu Trisnkasdlamauraju.’ Some mantrams are
‘
inscribed below the seal. Vaish'nava emblems are found on the

back of the plate, which originated in the thirteenth century and it
is strange to find them in a plate purporting to have been issued in
the eleventh century.
(S.L.I., No. 147.)
Ch«l«s 13.
A single leaden plate coated with a thin leaf of copper, received
from the Collector of North Arcot.
The Chola king Vlraângudaiy&n constructed an agrahSra in
the village of Panchanadi in Toijdaimapdalam east of KanchT and
gave it to a Brahman named Alagayyar. Rayar destroyed this,
levelled the plot and sold it to KOttaiyan for one hundred and fifty
pons.
The document is dated the tw^ty-second day in the month of
Chittirai in the year Plavanga. S. lOII, Kali. 4190 (14th April
1089 A.D.). Vide note on plate No. Cholas 3.
(S.L.I., No. 177.)
(T.S.I., 1886, p. 14I.I
Cbblas 14.
Chingleput.
The Chola king Vlraiaiigudaiyan constructed an agrahara in
Panchanadi, east of KanchT, and gave it to Krishnamachariayyar.
Rayar destroyed this and sold the plot to Kettai'yan'for five hundred
pons.
The document is dated the twenty-second day in the month of
VaikaSi in the year Nandana, S. 1085, Kali. 4187. These Kali, Saka
and the cyclic years do not agree with each other. Takings.
1085 as correct, the given date would correspond to 16th May 1163
A.D. Vide note on plate No. Cholas 3.
[T.S.I., 1886. p. 146.1
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Ch 5 las 15
Seven copper-plates, in the shape of a palm leaf manuscript,
received from the Collector of Chingleput. They are strung on a
ring, the ends of which are secured by means of a seal bearing two
Nandi (bulls), facing each other, with a trisulam between them.
The inscription is in Tamil, the script employed being a
mixture of old Grantha and Tamil.
The plates record the grant of certain lands to the Siva temple
at NittapinSkinallOr by Tappunatta Mumma Nayanar.
The grant was issued in the fourteenth year of the reign of
Ko-Vrrarajakesarivarman alias VTra Rajfindra Chola. No date is
given- This king was also called Virarhola and Kulottunga Choja
and commenced his reign in A.D. 1064. The grant must have been
issued in A.D. 1078.
(S.L.I.. No. lOI.)
Cholas 16.
Three copper-plates presented to the Museum by the Zamtndar
of Nuzvid in 1873.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being old
Telugu.
Bhakti BhQpati, who bore the titles of Gaiidabherunda and
Rajaveiiyabhujahga. gave a Brahman hermit named Viivanatha
the village of Kandavakolanu.
This Bhakti Raja traces his descent from Arikala and his son
KarikAla, who conquered all kings between the river KavOrl and
Sfitil (Adam’s Bridge), captured Bhoja and made Pallavfindra
blind,
The grant was made on Monday the full-moon day in the month
of Kartika in S. 1277 (2lst October 1355 A.D.). According to the
Ephemcris of Mr. L. D. Swamikannu Pillai the full-moon day in
Kartika in S. 1277 fell on Wednesday.
(S.L.I., No. i8l.)
GAN’GAS, KASTERX.
Ganges, Eastern 1 .
Three copper-plates found suspended by a ring on an iron bar

across the mouth of a large pot, discovered in digging thejounda-
tions of a wall at Chicacole, in the GanjAm district, and presented
to the Museum by Mr. W. F. Grahame, C.S, who purchased them.
The ends of the ring, on which the plates are strung, are soldered
to the bottom of a seal bearing in relief the legend Pitribhaktah'.
‘
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being pre-

Chalukyan.
The Eastern Gahga king Nandaprabhanjanavarman gave the
village of Deyavata, having constructed an agrahara, to a Brahman
named HarischandrasvamT. The command was issued from the
city of Sarapalli.
No date is given in the plates. From palcographical evidence
theyare very ancient and probably prc-Chalukyan.
(S.L.I., No. 155.)
[Ind. Ant., I884, Vol. XllI, p. 48.)

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GShgas. Eastern 3 .
Three copper-plates found in the village of Komarti, in the

Chicacole taluk, in the Ganjam district, and received from the
Collector of that district. They are strung on a ring, the ends of
which are secured by means of a seal, which contains on the
countersunk surface, in relief, the legend “ Pitribhaktah.”
pre-Chalukyan.
The Eastern Gahga king Chandavarma gave the village of
KohetQra, having constructed an agrahara, to a Brahman named
D5va4arman. The order was issued from Simhapura which is
perhaps identical with Sihgupuram near Chicacole.
The edict was issued on the fifth tithi in the bright fortnight in
the month of Chaitra in the sixth year of the king’s reign.
(Ep. Ind', 1896-97, Vol- rV, p. 142.]
GS'agas, Eastern 3 .
Three small copper-plates received from M.R.Ry. Mallapragada

Surya Prakaia Rao of Achyutapuram, near Mukhalingam. in the
Ganjam district, who deposited them in the Museum. They
arc strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured by a seal bearing
some indistinct emblems.
Telugu.
The Eastern Gahga king Indravarman alias Rajasimha gave a
plot of land In a field near Rajatataka (king’s tank) in the villageof
Siddharthaka, situated in the district of VarahavartanT, on the
occasion of the consecration of the above tank Rajatataka in
honour of his mother on the occasion of iiUartlyaiia.
The edict was issued on the newmoon day in the month of
Chaitra in the eighty-seventh year of the reign of the Kaliriga
dynasty.
[Ep. Ind., 1894-95, Vol. Ill, p. 127.J
G?agas. Eastern 4 .
Three copper-plates found suspended by a ring on a iron-bar

arcoss the mouth of a large pot. which was discovered in digging
the foundations of a wall at Chicacole, in the Ganjam district, and
purchased by Mr. W. F. Grahame, C.S., who presented them to the
Museum. They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured
by a circular seal bearing on the countersunk surface a much
corroded figure, probably a Naiidi-
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being a very
old form of Telugu.
The Eastern Gahga king Indravarma gave the village of Tama-
racheruva, in the VarahavartanI vishaya, having constructed an
agrahara, to eleven Brahmans at an eclipse of the moon, on the
full-moon day in the month of Margasira. .
The edict was issued on the fifteenth day in the month of Chaitra
in the one hundred and twenty-eighth year of the reign of the
Kalihga dynasty.
(S.L.I., No. 156.)
(Ind. Ant., 1884, Vol. Xm.p. 119.]

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Gangas. Eastern 5.
Three copper-plates found suspended on an iron-bar across
the mouth of a large pot, which was discovered in digging the
foundations of a wall at Chicscole, in the Ganjam district, and
presented by Mr. W. F. Grahame, C.S., who purchased them from
the finder. They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured
by means of a seal bearing a worn-out figure, probably a Nandi.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being a very
old form of Telugu.
The Eastern Gahga king Indravarma gave the village ofTala-
mQla, situated in the Korosotaka panchalT, having constructed an
agrahara, to two Brahmans SkandhaSarma and LalitaSarma.
The grant was made on the seventh day in the month of Magha
one hundred and forty-sixth year of the victorious reign of the
in the
Kalinga dynasty; but the edict was issued on the tenth day of the
same month referred to above-
(S.L.I., No. 157.)
[Ind. Ant., 1884. Vol. XIH. p. £22.]
Gingas. Eastern 6.
Three copper-plates found suspended on an iron bar across the
mouth of a large pot, which was discovered in digging the founda-
tions of a wall at Chicacole, in the Ganjam district, and presented by
Mr. W. F. Grahame, C.S., who purchased them from the finder.
of a seal bearing in relief the figure of a Naiidi couchant, facing the
proper right. The moon appears above the Nandi.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being South
Indian Nagarl.
The Eastern Ganga king Sn Devgndravarmadeva, son of
Maharaja AnantavarmadSva, gave the village of Tamarachheru, in
the Varahavartanl vishaya to three hundred Brahmans, on the
auspicious occasion of a solar eclipse.
The edict was issued in the fifty-first year of the reign of the
Gahga dynasty. The plates may be said to belong to the latter
part of the eighth century A.D.
(S.L.I., No. 158.)
(Ind. Ant., 1884, Vol. XIII, p. 273.]
Gangas. Eastern 7.
Three copper-plates found suspended on an iron bar across the
mouth of a large pot, which was discovered in digging the founda-
tions of a wall at Chicacole, in the Ganjam district, and presented
by Mr. W. F. Grahame, CS.. who purchased them from the finder.
They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are held firmly by
a seal, bearing in relief the figure of a couchant Nandi, facing the
proper right with a floral device below. The moon is above the
Nandi and an elephant goad is to its proper left.
Indian Nagarl.
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The Eastern Gariga king Satyavarmadeva, son of DevSn-

dravarma, gave the village of Tamgrama, having constructed an
agrahara to a Brahman named KamaUsana, on the auspicious
occasion of a solar eclipse.
The edict was issued in the fifty-first yearof the reign of the
Ganga dynasty.
(S.L.I., No. 159.)
(Ind. Ant., 1885, Vol. XIV. p. I0.J
Ganges. Eastern 8.
Three copper-plates presented to the Museum by Sri Padma-
nabha Deo, brother of the Zamindar of Parlakimedi. They are
strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured by means of a seal,
bearing in relief a couchant Nandi facing the proper leh, with
the moon above. The Nandi is placed on a pedestal, at the bottom
of which, is a lotus flower. Between this flower and the top of the
pedestal is the legend ‘
§ri Daraparano.’
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being a
mixture of Nagarl and old Telugu.
The plates contain the proclamation issued to the people of
LahkakOija by Daraparaja, regent of five districts in the kingdom
of Kalinga, declaring the grant of the village of Hossaijdi to
Kamadirajaputra, the ornament of Naggari-Saluki family, at the
time when the former’s daughter was given to the latter in marriage.
The grant was made at the time when the Eastern Ganga king
Vajrahastadeva ruled the Kalinga kingdom with Kaliiiganagarh as
his capital.
The inscription contains no date.
The first side of the first plate contains an inscription of
apparently a later date, which records the grant of the village of
Homandi by Raijaka Udayakhedin.
|Ep. Ind., 1894-95, Vol. Ill, p. 220.)
GBhgas. Eastern 9 .
Three copper-plates received from the Collector of Ganjam.

of a seal, which bears, in relief, a recumbent Nandi facing the proper
right, with the moon above.
Indian Nagarl.
The Eastern Ganga king D^vCndravarman, son of Guijarnava,
gave the village of Poppangika, in Saraumatamba, a subdivision
of the district of KroshtukavartanT, having constructed an agrahara,
to six Brahman brothers who were well versed in the Sama Veda
and residing in Kalihganagara. The grant was made at Kalinga-
nagara on the ashtami tithi in the bright fortnight in the month
of Magha.
The edict was issued on the twentieth day in the month of
Sravana in the one hundred and eighty-third year of the reign
of the Gahga dynasty. Owing to the uncertainty in which .the
Ganga era is still involved, nothing can be said about the date of
Devsndravarman.
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Gadgas. Eastero 10 .
Three copper-plates discovered during the excavation of a site

near Alamanda, in the SningavarapukOta taluk of the Vizagapatam
district, and received from the Collector of that district. They are
strung on a ring without a seal.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being very
old Telugu.
The Eastern Gahga king Anantavarmadeva, son of Maharaja
Rajendravarman, gave the village of Medglaka, in the TirikatQ-
vishaya, to a Brahman named Srldhara Bhatta, at an eclipse of the
sun.
The edict was issued in the three hundred and fourth year of
the reign of the Ganga dynasty.
(Ep. Ind., 1894-95. Vol. Ill, p. 17 ]
Ganges. Eastern 11 .
Three copper-plates found in an earthen pot buried in a field in

the village of Buguda in the GoomsQr taluk, of the Ganjam district.
They were sent to Dr. Hultzsch by the Collector of Ganjam in 1890
and were subsequently deposited in the Museum. The plates are
held together by a ring, on which is soldered a round seal, which
apparently contains some writing and an emblem, too worn to be
made out with certainty. All the three plates are palimpsests.
• The inscription* is in Sanskrit, the script employed being the
Ganjam variety of the northern alphabet.
The Eastern Gafiga king Madhavavarman gave the village of
PuipiiiO, which was in the Khadirapattaka of the Guddavishaya, to
a Brahman named Bhatta Vamana, on the occasion of a solar
eclipse.
The inscription is not dated.
(Ep. Ind., 1894-95. Vol. Ill, p. 4t ; 1902-03. Vol. VII, p. lOo.]
Ganges. Eastern 12 .
Three copper-plates received from the Collector of Ganjam.

Each plate has a hole, but the ring and seal are missing.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being Nagarl
as employed in Orissa and other parts of Northern India.
The Eastern Gafiga king Prithivlvarmadeva, son of Mahen-
dravarmadeva. gaye two villages, in JanOravishaya, to a learned
Brahman named Subhankara, that he might get an annual income
worth four palds of silver. The grant was issued from the royal
residence at Svetka.
The grant was made on the occasion of an equinox. The
inscription is not dated.
(S.L.L, No. 214.)
(Ep. Ind., 1896-97, Vol. IV, p. 198.]
Gangas. Eastern 13 .
Five copper-plates discovered in 1894 at NadagSm, a village in

the Chicacole taluk, of the Ganjam district, by a cultivator named
Sanku Appanna, when he was working in a field and allowed by
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him to be preserved in the Museum. They are strung on a ring, the

ends of which are secured by a seal, on which is fixed an image of
a Nandi couchant. A conch shell and a fly-whisk are to the
proper right and two swords to the proper left of the Nandi. The
moon is in front and a drum is at the back.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being Nagail
of the northern type.
The Eastern Gshga king Vajrahasta gave a tract of country,
containing twelve villages, and forming a separate district known
as VelpQra vishaya, and the village of Nugila, in KoluvartanT, to
Pahgu Samaya, his son-in-law, on the very auspicious occasion of
Gdvihda dv 3dasi, which occurs once in sixty years.
Mention is made of king Vajrahasta’s coronation ceremony
which took place on Sunday, the thjrd tithi in the bright fortnight
in the month of Vrishabhain theSaka yearQfiO (29th April 1039
A.D.).
The grant was made on the twelfth lilhi in the bright fortnight
in ê month of Phalguna in the Saka year979 (8th February 1058
[Ep. Ind., 1896-97. Vol. IV, p. 183.]
GSngas. Eastern 14 .
Five copper-plates preserved in the Museum for a long time

with no history. They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are
secured by a seal, above the middle of which is a couchant Nandi.
A dagger, a lampstand and a conch are to the proper right and two
fly-whisks and the moon are to the proper left of the Nandi.
Nagarl of the northern type.
The Eastern Ganga king Anantavarman Vajrahastadeva, son
of Kamarnava 11, gave the village of Tamaracheru, in Varaha-
vartanl, together with Chikhali hamlet, having constructed an
agrahara, for five hundred learned Brahmans, on the auspicious
occasion of an eclipse of the sun. He also gave lands yielding two
hundred miirakin of grain to the temple of Kotlivara, for the regular
conduct of worship and to meet the cost of offerings. He also
ordered that the repairs of the temple were to be attended to by the
Brahmans who received the grant.
Mention is made of Vajrahasta’s coronation which took place
on Sunday the third lilhi in the bright fortnight in the month of
Vrishabha. S. 960.
The grant was made at an eclipse of the sun in S. 984 (20th Tune
I06l A.D.).
(A.R.M.E., 1905-06. App. A, No. 15— G.O. No. 492, Public.
2nd July 1906, p. 9.)
[Ep. Ind., 1907-08, Vol. IX, p. 94.J
Five copper-plates received from the Collector of Vizagapatam.

They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are soldered to a
circular seal, above the middle of which is a couchant Naiidi.
litiga on a yOni, and a lampstand are to the proper right and
A
an
umbrella, two fly-whisks and the moon are to the proper left of the
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Nandi. The sun is in front and a damani (double drum) is at the

back of the Nandi.
Kanarese.
King Anantavarman, otherwise called Chodagarigadeva of the
later Gahga dynasty of Kalihga, gave the village of Tamarakhandi,
in the to a person named Madhava who was his
Samva vishaya,
dependant. This ChOdagaiigadSva was the ruler of Utkala and
lived at the town of SimdDrapora.
This king was crowned on Sunday, the third tithi in the bright-
fortnight in the month of Kumbha in the S. 999. The genealogy of
the Gahga dynasty is given in these plates.
The grant was made on an auspicious day in S. 1040 (A.D.
1118).
{S.L.I.. No. 219.)
[Ind. Ant., 1889, Vol. XVin, p. 165.]
Three copper-plates received from the Senior Assistant Collec-

tor of Vizagapatam, and deposited in the Museum by the trustees
of the temple of Sangam, subject to their return on demand. They
are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured by a circular
seal, above the middle of which is fixed a couchant Nandi much
worn. There are some indistinct emblems to the right and left of
the Nandi.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being South-
Indian NSgarT.
King Anantavarman, otherwise called Chodagahgadeva of the
later Gahga dyn.a8ty of Kalihga, gave the village of Sumuda with
its hamlet named Tittilihgi, in the Sammaga vishaya, in the
Kalihga deâ, to a person named Chodagahga, a trusty agent of
the king.
The grant was made in the month of VrUchika in S. 1057
(A.D. 1 13s).
(S.L.I., No. 213.)
(Ind. Ant., 1889, Vol. XVIU, p. 172.]
GANGAS, WESTERN.
Gangas. Western 1 .
Three copper-plates purchased from M.R.Ry. Aderabhatta, a

purohit of Penukonda, Anantapur district. They are strung on a
ring, the ends of which are secured by a seal bearing in relief on the
countersunk surface a standing elephant facing the proper left.
Telugu-Kannada.
The western Gahga King Madhava Mahadhiraja II, alias
Simhavarman, gave sixty-five paddy fields, sowable with twenty-
five khandiikas of paddy, below the big tank of Paruvi in Paruvi
vishaya, to a Brahman named KumaraSarma of the vatsa gotra.
Paruvi is identified with the village of Parigi, in the Anantapur
district.
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Chaitra (lunar). No further details regarding the date are given.
This Madhava Mahadhiraja is stated to have been installed on the
throne by the Pallava King Skandavarma Maharaja and Aryavar-
man, father of Madhava, was installed on the throne by Simhavarma
Maharaja, lord of the Pallava family. These plates are very
important as there is mention of two contemporaneous Pallava
Kings. Skanriavarman appears to have been the son of Simha-
varman and is supposed to have ruled during the latter part of
the fifth century A.D. The plates must therefore have been issued
at the beginning of the sixth century A.D.
(A.R.M.E., 1913 -14, App. A, No. 12—G.O. No. 920, Public,
4th August 1914, p. II.)
Gahgas. Western 2 .
Two copper-plates got from M.R.Ry. Ramayya, a resident of the

village of Komaralingam, in the Udumalpet taluk, in the Coimbatore
district. The third plate, with which these two would have formed
a complete set, as well as the ring and seal are missing.
Kanarese.
Raja Ravidatta, with the permission of Cheramma, gave the
village of Puhgisoge to a Brahman named Divivipra. He also
gave several other villages to other Brahmans.
The grant was made on the auspicious occasion of an eclipse of
the sun in the month of Phalguna, when the Raja was encamped
in the town of Klrtipura. No Other details regarding the date are
'
given.
(S.L.I., No. 185.)
(Ind. Ant., 1889, Vol. XVIII, p. 362.]
KAKATiYAS.
Kakatiyas 1 .
Five copper-plates discovered during the excavation of a mound

near the temple at Kolavcnnu, a villigc in the Bezwada taluk, and
received from the Collector of Kistna. They are strung on a
ring, the ends of which are secured by a small seal bearing
the emblems of a boar and the sun and moon.
Telugu.
The plates record the gift of the village of Kolavennu, on
the banks of the river Kistna, to one hundred and thirty Brahmans by
the KakatTya king Ganapati, on the auspicious occasion of a solar
eclipse. This Ganapati was the son of Ponji Venna, King of
Warangal.
The grant was made on the, new-moon day in the month
of Mlgha in the year Saumya, S. II72. The date corresponds
to 3rd February 1250 A.D. according to the Ephemeris of
Mr. L. D. Swamikkannu Pillai, but a solar eclipse is not marked
on that day.
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MATSVAS.
Matsyas 1.
Five copper-plates found in the village of Dihbida Agraharam,

in the Viravilli taluk, of the Vizagapalam district, and received
from the Collector of that district, by Dr Hultzsch, who deposited
them in the Museum in 1897-98. The plates are strung on a ring,
the ends of which are secured by a seal bearing two fishes in
relief.
intermediate between the latest Eastern Chalukyan and Tclugii.
The chief Arjuna, of the Matsya family, granted the village
of Drubbidi, having constructed an agrahara, and renamed it
Jayantanarayanapura, to certain Brahmans, for the spiritual welfare
of his father Jayanta. The village was divided into twenty-two
shares, two were set aside for Hari and Hara, and the remaining
twenty were distributed among twenty learned Brahmans.
The names of the line of chiefs from Gaiiga to Arjuna are
mentioned in chronological order.
The grant was mad? on Saturday the Ahhayulnliya lithi in the
month of Vaisakha in S. 1191 (6th April I269 A.D.).
[Ep. Ind., 1898-1899, Vol. V, p. io5.]
MYSORE RAjAS.
Mysore Rajas 1.
A single coppcr-platc received from the Collector of Salem.

The language and script of the inscription are Kanarcsc.
The plate records that, when SrTmad Rajadhiraja Krishna
Raja Wadiyar of Mysore was ruling the earth at Srliahgapattana,
a body of learnetl people in the village of Yatapura, otherwise
known as Sri Ramasamudra, situated in the district of Beliir,
in the Salem district, sold a plot of land on which a temple
to Samba Sadaiiva had been built some time back, together
with sites for five houses in the agrahara and a flower garden
lying between the temple and a stream near by, to a Brahman
named Channa Rajaiyya, for twenty pieces of gold called
madhuragOpala-chakra varaha.
The deed is dated the thirteenth tUlii ip the bright fortnight in
the mouth of Jyfishta in the year Jaya, S. I636 (16th May 17I4
A.D.).
[Sa. Dist. Man., 1883, Vol. II, p. 431.]
Mysore Rajas 2.
Nine copper-plates received from the Collector of Salem.
They are strung on a ring passing through a ring-ear projecting
from the middle of the upper end of each plate. There is a hole in
the overlapping ends of the ring, which indicates the existence of
a seal, which is now missing.
The language of the inscription, on the first five plates and the
first side of the sixth-plate, is Sanskrit and that on the remaining
plates is Kanarese. The script employed is modern Kanarese.
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The plates record that Sn Krishna Raja, Maharaja of Mysore,

constructed an agrahara to the northern side of the temple of
Sarhgin, at the foot of the hill Sri bankhagiri-durga (Sankaridrug)
and gave it to thirty-two Brahmans well-versed in the Vedas. He
also gave two villages TaleyQr, alias Krishnarajapuram, and
Mahguttipatti, for their maintenance.
The grant was made on the seventh lithi in the dark fprtnight
in the month of ASvjna in the year Hemalamba, S. 1638
(15th October 1717 A.D.). Hemalamba corresponds to S. 1639,
[Sa. Dist. Man., 1883, Vol. II, p. 403.]
NAYAKS of MADURA.
Nayaks of Madura 1.

Madura in 1898.
Viivanatha Nsyaka of Madura granted a plot of land near
Tirupuvanam, a town Sivagaiiga taluk, of the Ramnad
in the
district, to MullamakQdam Mullaperoja, for the purpose of main-
taining and lighting a mosque, for the use of fakirs.
The grant was made on the twenty-first day in the month of
Chittirai, in the year Raudri, S. 1483 (17th April 1560 A.D.).
Nayaks of Madura 2.
A single copper-plate received from the District Judge of

Madura in I 9 II-I 2
.
Both the language and script of the inscription are Tamil.

The plate records the title-deed granted to Pajuttandi Kuppach-
chi Ambalakaran, for the lands owned by him in Munadappii
village, in the Pajlimadam taluk, by Tirumalai-Nayaka, of Madura,
during his camp in that taluk.
The record was granted on the 19th day in the month of Ani in
the year Vikrita (17th June 1650 A.D.).
—
(A.R.M.E., 1910-11, App. A, No. 5 G.O. No. 832, Public,
28th July 1911, p. 15.)
Nayaks of Madura 3.

Madura in 1911-12.
Tirumalai-Nayaka of Madura, when he was encamped in Palli-
madam taluk, with Kilavan Setupati Mudduramalihga Pandudaiyin
Torai, assigned a plot of land in that taluk to Pajuttandi Kuppachi
Ambalakaran, for his services as watchman of three villages in
that taluk.
The assignment was made on the 19th day in the month of Ani
in the year Vikrita (17th June 1650 A.D.).
—
(A.R.M.E., 19IO-II, App. A, No. 6 G.O. No. 832, Public,
28th July 1911, p. 15.)
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Naysks of Madura 4.
Two copper-plates received from the District Court of Madura
In 1898.
Both the language and script of the inscription are Tclugu.
Muddu Ajugari Nayanigaru, usually called Miittulihgappa, tfie
younger brother of Chokkanatha of Madura, gave the village of Sri
Krishnapuram, situated on the northern bank of the river Vaigai.
to Ayyasanii Ayya.
Muddu Alugari succeeded for one year in dispossessing his
brother, while he was at war with Tanjorc. This happened when
Sil Vira Pratapa Sri Rahga Raya Mahadevaraya was ruling at
Kanakagiri (Penukonda). Sri Raiiga III acceded to his nominal
throne in A.D. 1665.
The grant was made on the,J?<7l//(7,M/>Irtwi day in the month of
Magha in the year Kalayukti, S. 1600 (8th January 1679 A.D.).
(S.L.I., No. 20.)
Nayaks of Madura 5.
A single copper-plate received from theDistrict Court of Madura.
Mafigammal, wife of Chokkanatha N.1 yaka of Madura, gave the
village of Alahgujam nZ/Vw Balakrishnamahadanapuram, having
constructed an agruhara to several Brahmans, on the auspicious
occasion of a lunar eclipse.
The grant was made on the 15th til/ii in the bricht-fortnight in
the month of Chaitra in the year Vishu, S. 1622. The dates given
correspond to nth April 1701 A.D., hut according to Mr. Swami-
kannu Pillai's Epheineris there was no lunar eclipse on that day.
(S.L.I.. No. 19 .)
Nayaks of Madura 6.

Madura in igil--t2.
Both the language and script of the inscription arc Tolugu.
Mangammal. wife of Chokkanatha Nay.'^ka of Madura, gave
some lands to Subbayya-Bhagavata to maintain a feeding choultry.
This happened when Sri Virapratapa Vlra-VenkatadCva Maha-
raya was ruling at Ghanagiri (Penukonda).
The grant was made in the month of Magha in the year Vishu,
S. 1623 (A.D. 1702).
(A.R.M.E., 1910-11, App. A, No. 3— G.O. No. 832, Public,

28th July 1911, p. 15.)
Nayaks cf Madura 7 .
A single copper-plate received from the Collector of Madura.

Both the language and script of the inscription are Tclugu.
Mangammal, wife of Chokkanatha Nayaka of Madura, con-
structed an agrahara at VaHiyur, a vilbige in Paneygudy sIma, of
the kingdom of Madura, and gave it to a Brahman named DalavOy
Ramabhadra Rao.
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This happened when Sri Vlrapratapa VTra-Venkatad€va Maha-

raya ruled at Ghanagiri (Penukonila).
Pausha in the year Vyaya, S. 1628 (6th January 1707 A.D.).
(S.L.I., No. no.)
Nayaks cf Madura 8.
A single copper-plate received from the District Court ol

Madura in 1898.
Both the language and script of the inscription arc Tamil.
The plate records the construction of a mutt at Tirukkalu-
kkundram by Vijayarahga Chekkanatha Nayaka of Madura and the
proposals for its upkeep.
The record is dated the twrntv-first day in the month of Kartika
in the year Hevilambi (Hcmalathba), S. 1639 (2ist November I717
A.D.).
PALLAV.AS.
Pallavas 1.
Eight copper-plates found in 1809. during the digging of a field,

in an abandoned village north of îaiduvoIu,a village in the Nara-
saraopet taJuk, in the GuniQr district, and presented to the Museum
by Maidavolu Jayaninnyya, the owner. The plates are strung on
a ring by the ends of which is secured an elliptical seal, which
bears in .relief a couchant bull facing the proper right, with the
’
legend Siv.iskttnd-mirmitnnli partially worn.
‘
The language of the inscription is Prakrit, the script employed

being old Pallava.
These plates record that the Pallava king Sivaskandavarman,
while he was Yuva-Maharaja, granted a village named Viripara,
situated in Andhrapatha (i.e.)the Telugu country, to two Brahmans.
Viripara must have been situated near Amaravati, as $iva-
skandavarman addressed his order to his father’s representative at
Dhaftftakada, the modern Amaravati. The grant was issued from
Kafichlpiira, the capital pf the Pallava kings. It is thus indicated
that during the time of Sivaskandavarman, the Pallava kingdom
was composed of Tondaimandalam and the Telugu country as far
north as the Kistna river.
The grant was made on the fifth fifhi of the sixth fortnight of
summer, in the tenth vear of the rf'gn perhaps of Sivaskandavar-
man’s predecessor. The date of Sivaskandavarman may be fixed
at about the beginning of the fourth century A.U.
(Ep. Ind., 1900-01, Vol. VI, p. 84.]
Pallavas 2.
Eight copner-platcs purchased from Chennappa, a merchant of
Hirahadagalli, in the Bellary d'strict, and deposited inthe Museum
by the Archasological Department. The plates are strung on a
ring, the ends of which are secured by means of seal bearing, in
reb'ef, the figure of an animal now worn away and the legend,
Sivaskandavarmanah ’.
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The inscription is in Prakrit, with the exception of the last line,

which isin Sanskrit..
The script employed is old Pallava.
The Pallava king Sivaskantlavarman of Kanchl confirmed the
grant of a garden in Chillerekakot.luiiika village, made formerly by
the great king, the lord Bappa, to certain Brahmans, who resided at
Apitti and were bhojakas of the village of Chilierekakof.luiiika. He
gave also one wriYirmwit of land for a threshing-floor and another
nU'artanitioT a house, with four labourers and two kolikas (slaves), to
the Brahmans referred to above.
These plates are important in as much as they show that
Prakrit was the court language even in South India. Mr. Fleet has
.concluded that the kings mentioned in Prakrit grants must belong
to an earlier period than those who issued copper-plate grants in
Sanskrit.
The grant was made on the fifth day, in the sixth fortnight of
the rainy season, in the year eight, perhaps the eighth year of
Sivaskandavarman’s reign. The date may be fixed in the fourth
century A.D.
"‘.p. Ind., 1892, Vol. I, p. 2.]
Pallavas 3 .
A single copper-plate found buried in a tobacco field, in the

village of Daiii, in the Ncliore district, and forwarded to the
Museum under G.O. No. 454, Public, 25th June 1890. The other
plates of the set are missing.
being Pallava.
The name of the king who issued the grant is not available as
itoccurred on one of the missing plates. !l'he existing plate con-
tains the name of his great grandfather Sri Vlra Korchavarman,
whose laudatory epithets agree literally with these attributed to
the Pallava kings Skandavarman 1 and Skandavarman II.
The order was issued from the royal residence at Dasanapura.
(Ep. Ind., 1892. Vol. I, p. 397.)
Pallavas 4 .
Five copper-plates which formed part of the unclaimed property

of a dead Bairagi, consequently escheated to Government and
received from the Collector of Neilorc. The plates are strung on a
ring, the ends of which arc secured by an almost circular seal,
which is much worn. It bears in relief, on the countersunk
surface, an animal with its mouth open facing the proper left.
Pallava.
The Pallava king Simhavarman, son of VishnugOpa and grand-
son of Skandavarman II, gave the village of Pikira, situated in
the district of Mundarashtra, with the exception of lands enjoyed
by .temples, to a Brahman named Vilasasarma. The order was
issued from the royal camp at MenmiStura.
The grant was made on the third tithi in the bright fortnight in
the month of A^vayuja, in the fifth year of the reign of king
Simhavarman, which may be fixed at the beginning of the sixth
century A.D.
[Ep. Ind., 1905-C6, Vol. VIII, p. 159.]
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Pallavas 5 .
Seven copper-plates purchased from the Dharmakarta of the

temple in KQram, a village near Conjeeveram. The first, fifth and
sixth plates are much worn and nearly half of the seventh plate
is missing. The plates are strung on a ring, to which is attached
a seal, bearing, in relief, a recumbent bull, the moon and some
other emblems, which have become indistinct. A legend much
worn is found on the margin of the seal.
The language in the first four plates and part of the fifth is
Sanskrit and that of the remainder is Tamil. The script employed
is Pallava.
The Pallava king ParamcAvaravarman I divided the village of
Parame4varamangalam in twenty-five parts and gave them as
—
follows: three parts to two Brahmans Anantasivacharya and
PhullaSarman for performing divine rights and for looking after
the repairs of the Siva temple at KOram, built by VidySvinlta
Pallava the fourth part was allotted to meet the cost of providing
;
water and for lighting the maitdapa, at KOram, and the fifth for
reciting the Mahabharata in the same mandapa the remaining ;
twenty parts were distributed among twenty Brahmans well versed

in the four Vedas.
KQram belonged to ManyavSntara-rashtra of NTrvejQr, a division
of UrrukkattukkOtfam and the village of ParamCivaramangalam
belonged to the Patmamanyavantara-rashtra, a division of
Maiiayirkottam.
Paramesfraravarman stated to have defeated Vikramaditya
is
and Narasimhavarnv-tn, grandfather of ParamCsvaravarman, is
stated to have defeated Pulakeîn in the battles of Pariyaâ,
Manimaiigala and SQramara and to have destroyed the city of
Vatapi.
The grant is not dated. ParamCsvaravarman ruled during
the latter part of the seventh century A.D.
IS.I.I., 1890, Vol. I, p. 144.1
Pallavas 6.
Five copper-plates purchased from the chief priest of the
Viranarayanaperumaj temple, at VclQrpalaiyam, near Arkonam,
North Arcot district, who discovered them during the digging of
foundations fora building. The plates are strung on a big circular
ring, to which is attached a circular seal, which bears a recumbent
bull with a lamp-stand on either side. Above the bull are eight
symbols, of which the middle one may be taken as LakshmT, while
the seventh from the proper right is a Svastika. These are
surmounted by two chAmaras (fly-whisks) with a parasol in the
middle. Round the margin of the seal is a worn legend in Grantha
characters.
The inscription is partly in Sanskrit and partly in Tamil, though
the script employed is a mixture of old Tamil and Grantha.
The plates record that at the request of Kumarankuia ‘ a jewel
of the ChOja race’, the Pallava king Nandivarman III, son of
Dantivarman and grandson of Nandivartnan 11, granted the village
of Tirukkattuppalli to the temple of Siva, built by his minister
Yajna Bhatta, for the purpose of daily worship and offerings and
for maintaining a feeding choultry.
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Tiriikkattuppalli was situated in Nayarimadu, a subdivision of

Purar-kOttam. Tiriikkattuppalli is identical with Kattuppalli in
the Ponnfiri taluk, Chingleput district.
The importance of the inscription consists in the fresh facts
about the Pallava kings contained in the Sanskrit preamble, as
also in the new names Dantivarman and Nandivarman, which it
mentions after Nandivarman Pallavamalla with whom the main
line of the Pallavas hitherto was supposed to have ended.
The grant was made in the sixth year of the reign of Ko-Vijaya
Nandivarman who ruled during the middle part of the ninth
century A.D.
28th July 191I, p. 17.)
[S.I.I., 1917, Vol. II, Part V, p. 503.)
PANDYANS.
Pandyans 1.
Seven copper-plates preserved in the Museum for a long time

without any history. They are strung on a ring without a seal.
The inscription contains two passages in Sanskrit, one at the
beginning and another at the end, the script employed being
Grantha. The rest is in Tamil, the script employed being Vatfeluttu
or Ch5ra-Pai)dya alphabet.
The plates record that the Paijdyan king Maravarman, renowned
in the world by the name of Jatilavarman (Netiunjadaiyan), gave
the village of Velarigudi, in Ten-Kalavali-nadu, having changed its
name into Srrvaramahgalam, to a Brahman named Sujjata-Bhatta,
son of Slhu-MiSra.
This Maravarman is stated to have conquered the ChOlas.
the Pallavas and the Kerajas. He is said to have conquered and
killed the king of Yen and constructed the walls of the city of
I^ravandapuram.
The grant was made during the seventeenth year of the reign
name of Maravarman.
of Nedufijadaiyln, another
(S.L.I.. No. 175.)
[Ind. Ant.. 1893. Vol. XXII, p. 57.]
Pandyans 2.
Four copper-plates received from the Collector of Ramnad in
1912-19I3. They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are
secured by means of a seal, bearing the emblems of two fishes with
a vStra (cane) between them. The inscription is found on three
plates and the fourth plate, which is very small, has a boar engraved
on it.
being Grantha.
The plates record that the Pandyan prince Abhirama-Ativlra-
rama granted, at the request of his chief Ayyankarappa, son of
Peddappa and grandson of Nagamanayaka, who bore the, title of
Kanchlpuradhlia, two villages Movaraikondran and SattalSri,
having given them a new name Peddappanayakasamudram, to
sixty-nine„Brahraans.
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The grant is dated the second in the dark fortnight

in the month of Tula in the year Vijaya, S. 1515, in the thirtieth year
of the reign of Jatilavarman SrTvallabha (2nd October I593 A.D.).
(A.R.M.E., I911-I2, App. A, No. 1—G.O. No. 919, Public,
29th July 1912, p. 15.)
REDDI CHIEFS OF KONDAVfDU

Reddi Chiefs 1.
Five copper-plates received from the Collector of Kistna. They

have holes on one side, but the ring and seal are missing.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, with the exception of the_portion,
in Telugu, describing the boundaries of the village of AtukQru.
The script employed is old Telugu.
Vcma surnamed SrT Pallava TrinCtra, who ruled over the
country of PQiigi, which extended from the eastern slopes of Sngiri
to the eastern sea. on both sides of the river Kundi, with his capital
at Addanki, gave the village of AtukQru which was situated on the
northern bank of the river Kistna, having constructed an agrahara
and renamed it Vemapuram, to several Brahmans, on the auspi-
cious occasion of an eclipse of the moon.
This Verna is stated to have restored the dgrah/fras, granted by
Prataparudra, and resumed subsequently by Muhammadan con-
querors. This is the only epigraphical reference as yet discovered
to the Muhammadan contpiest of Warangal. The chief referred
to here belongs to the family of Reddi chiefs, who finally settled at
KondavTdu. Addanki is a well-known village, in the Ongolc taluk,
C'limtQr district. The village of AtukQru has been itientified with
Gani AtukQru. west of Bezwada. The river Kundi is the Gundla-
kamma.
The grant was made at an eclipse of the moon in the month of
Chaitra in S. 1267 (l8th .March 1345 A.D.).
(Ep. Ind., 1905-06, Vol. Vm, p. 9.]
Reddi Chiefs 2.
Three copper-plates found during the excavation of an old site
in the village of Vanapalli, In the Amalapuram taluk, of the Goda-
vari district, and presented to the Museum by the owner Vissa-
pragHcla Krishnayya. The plates are strung on a ring, to which is
soldered a plain pedestal, on which the recumbent figure of the
sacred bull Nandi is placed.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, and the script employed is old
Telugu.
The Reddi chiefAnna-Vcma, surnamed Karpura-Vasahtaraya,
constructed an the village of Immadilahka and gave
rt.gmArt/'u in
that village to Immadi, who appears to have been ^h is minister and
spiritual preceptor, on the auspicious occasion of Sivardthri.
This Immadilanka may be the same as the hamlet Immadivari-
lahka, to the north of the village, where these plates were found.
The grant was made on the fourteenth tHhi in the (jark fortnight
in the month of Magha in the year Siddhanhin, S. 1300. The
data given correspond to 6th February 4380 A.D.
[Ep. Ind., 1894-95, Vol. Ill, p. 59.]
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Reddi Chiefs 3 .
Three copper-plates discovered before 1867 by Mokkapatla

Rajappa of TottaramQdi, a village in the Amalapuram taluk, of
the Godavari district, during the removal of earth from a ruined
house. The plates were deposited in the Museum in I897-98. They
are strung on a broken ring, to which is soldered a flat piece of
copper, with the recumbent figure of the sacred bull Nafuli over it.
The sun and moon appear on the ring, to the proper right and left
of the Nandi.
Telugu.
The plates record that Kafaya Voma, who ruled over the
Rajamahendra portion of the Kondavldu territory, gave the village
of Mallavaram. situated on the bank of the Vriddha-Gautaml, in
the vicinity of Muktlsvara, in the Konadcsa. to a Brahman named
Nfisirnha.
Kataya-Vema was the minister of the Reddi chief Kumaragiri
and helped him much in obtaining possession of and governing
his ancestral territory. In return for his services, he received from
his master, the gift of the eastern country of Kondavldu, of
which Rajamahendranagarl was the capital. Historically this
inscription is very important as giving a list ofKopdavidu chiefs
down to Kumaragiri and as showing when and under what circum-
stances the RajamahCndri portion of the Koijdavldu territory
became detached from it.
The grant was made on, the full-moon day in the month of
Kartika in the year Khara, S. 1333 (31st October I4I1 A.D.).
[Ep. Ind., 1896-97, Vol. IV, p. 318.)
Reddi Chiefs 4 .
Five copper-plates received from the Collector of Kistna. They

are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured by means of a
rectangular plate, on which a couchant Nan<ii facing the proper
right is placed. The sun and moon are found on the side of the
ring below the plate to the proper left of the Naiidi.
being old Telugu.
_ The plates record the grant of the village of Alapadu or
Alapadu VCmavaram, by Pedda KOmati Vemareddi of Kondavldu,
to the scholar Visveivara'Bhatta. Alapadu is said to be on the
eastern bank of the Tungabhadra river, in Vfilavandu, in the
Trilinga or the Telugu country and is no doubt identical with the
name in the Tenali taluk.
village of that
This Pedda Komati Verna was the son of Pedda Komali and
grandson of Macha, who was the elder brother of Verna, the
founder of the Reddi dynasty. He was the fifth chief of his
dynasty and was the reputed author of Sringaradipika, a Sanskrit
commentary on the poem Amaruka Kavya. The donee is said to
be the great grandson of Madhava. The inscription was com-
posed by Srinatha, who was the court pandit of Pedda Komati
Verna. The grant bears the signature of VlranSrayana, which
was Verna’s chief title.
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The grant was issued on the Sh<ardtri day in the year Nandanai
S. 1334. (31st January 1413 A.D.)
Appended to this grant is another inscription which records
that on the very day of the grant, VisveSvara Bhatta divided the
village referred to above, into sixty shares and gave away forty-
five, four for his daughter, two for the village gods and the rest to
certain Brahmans whose names and gotras are given.
(A.R.M.E., 1908-09, App. A, No. 6 — G.O. No. 538, Public,
28th July 1909, p. II.)
Reddi Chiefs 5 .
Seven copper-plates discovered in 1887, deposited in a small

square receptacle in a brick mound in the village of Koiikuduru,
five miles north of RSmachandrapuram, in the Godavari district.
They were unclaimed and the Collector of Godavari sent them to
Dr. Hultzsch. who deposited them in the Museum in 1897-98. They
are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured by means of a
pedestal over which is a recumbent Nandi facing the proper right.
The sun and moon are on the pedestal in front of the Naiidi.
Telugu.
The Reddi chief Allaya-Dodda of RajamahOndra granted the
village of Gumpini, after renaming it Allada-reddidoddavaram, to
several Brahmans on the auspicious occasion of Ardhoilayn.
The grant was made on th^ new-moon day in the month of
Pausha in the year Sadharana, S. 1352 (14th January 1431 A.D.).
(Ep. Ind., 1898-99, Vol. V. p. 53.J
sAlAnkAyanAs.
Salinkayauas 1.
Four copper-plates preserved in the office of the Head Assistant

Collector of NarasapQr and received from the Collector of Kistna.
They are strung on a ring, the ends of which are secured at the
base of an oval seal, which is very much worn.
The inscription is in Prakrit, the script employed being that of
the cave alphabet.
The SaUnkayana king Vijaya-Devavarman of Vehgipura gave
twenty nivartanas of land near ElQra, together with a site for a house
and a site for the houses of servants, to a Brahman named Gana-
sarman. Vctiglpura has been identified with Pedd-Vfigi, a village
near Ellore, in the Godavari district. ElQra is modern Eltore.
The grant was made on the tenth iithi in the dark fortnight in the
month of Pausha, in the thirteenth year of the reign of Vijaya-
Devavarman. On paleographical grounds the date may be
assigned to about the fourth century A.D.
(Ep. Ind., 1907-08, Vol. IX, p. 56.]
sAluvas.
Siluvas 1.
Two copper-plates received from the Collector of Chingleput.

3?
Two mudaliyars stole properties from the palace of the Rayar

fatKalattur, during the time of Virapratapa-yo-baiarayar and other
Rayas of the Saluva dynasty, but were arrested and ordered to be
executed. But owing to the intervention of Tangasalai Tambu-
Settiar, they were released on their paying each a fine of one thousand
pons. On the recommendation of Tambusettiar, Rama Raya gave
this charter to the two mudaliyars, as authority to guard two out of
the fourteen villages owned by him and in return authorized them to
collect for themselves a handful of each kind of grain brought to
the market sale and to get their food from the palace.
The document was written at the dictation of the Rayar in the
presence of Saluva Kappa Raja and Ranga Raja. This KalattQr
is the same as KalattOr in the Chingleput district.
The charter was granted on the twejfth day in the month of
Panguni in the cyclic year Prabhava, S. 1488., (8th March 1568
A.I).) The cyclic year Prabhava corresponds to S. 1489.
(S.L.I., No. 17.)
{T.S.I., 1886, p. 156.)
SETL’PATIS.
Setupatis 1 .
A single copper-plate received from the District Judge of Madura

in 1911-12.
^th the language and script of the inscription are Tamil.
The plate records the gift of five villages to the temple of
Ramanltha andParvatavardhanI, at RSmS^varam, for worship and
êrings, by Dalavoy Setupati Kattadcvar, Raja of Ramnad, on a
new moon day. u . u u ^ . •
The grant was made on the sixteenth day in the month of

Kartika in the year Prabhava, S. 1529 (20th November 1606 A.D.).
(A.R.M.E., 1910- II. App. A, No. ii— (i.O. No. 832, Public,
28th July 1911, p. 16.)
Setupatis 2 .

Madura in 1911-12. _ , •,
Both the language and script of the inscription are lamil.

Dalavoy Setupati Kattadeva, Raja of Ramnad, gave eight villages
near Pamban to the temple of Ramanatha and ParvatavardhanI
in the island of RameSvaram,
for the regular performance of pQja
and offerings.
The grant was made on the new-mopn day, the eighth day in the
month of Adi in the year Plavaiiga, S. IS 30 (8th July 1607 A.D.)
The cyclic year Plavaiiga corresponds to S. 1529.
(S.L.I.. Na 32.)
(A.R.M.E., 1910- II. App. A, No. 12—G.O. No. 832, Public,
27th July 1911. p. 16.)
Setupatis 3 .
A single copper-plate received from the District Court, Madura,

in 1898.
3^

Tirumalai UdaiySr SCtupati, Raja of Ramnad, gave a plot of land
west of Ramanathasvami temple and east of the temple of Daiari-
natha, in the island of RameSvaram. to the servants of the Rama-
nathasvami temple.
The grant was made on the fourth tHhi in the bright fortnight
in the month of Adi in the year Plavahga, S. 1529 (l8th July I607
A.D.).
Setupatis 4.

Madura in 19II-I2.
Both the language anil script of the inscription arc Tamil, The
letters are curiously engraved.
Hiranyagarbha Ravikula Sctupati, Raja of Ramnad, ordered
that Muthuvijayan ien’ai should get food every day from the
temple, in appreciation of his having dragged the king’s elephant
by its tail.
This happened when the Nayaka chief Tirumala Nayaka ruled
at Madura. _
The charter was granted on the tenth day in the month of Am
.
in the year Prabhava. (Probably 8th June 1627 A.D.)

(A.R.M.E., 1910-II. App. A, No. 16—0.0. No. 832, Public,
28th July 1911, p. 16.)
Setupatis 5 .

Madura in 1911-12.
Sri Tirumalai RaghunAtha Seiupati. Raja of Ramnad, gave a
plot of land near KajayarkOvil to a Brahman named Ahobalayya.
This SetOpati is said to have performed the Hirapyagarbha
sacrifice and the grant was made at Dhanushkotf.
The grant was made on .the new-moon day in the month of
Pushya in the year Vi)ambi. S. 1579 (I2th January 1659 A.D.).
(A.R.M.E., 1910-II, App. A, No. 10— G.O. No. 832, Public,
28lh July 1911, p. I5-)
Setupatis 6.
A singlecopper-plate received from the District Judge, Madura,

in 1898.
Ikiih the language and script of the inscription are Tamil,
Sri Raghunatha Tevar, Raja of Ramnad, granted certain lands
near Sundarapandiyanpatlanam, for the maintenance of a mutt, on
the auspicious occasion of a solar eclipse.
The grant was made on the nejw-moon day in the month oj
Pushya in the year Rudhirodgari, S. 1605. The given data cor-
respond to 6th January A.D. but according to the Ephemerit
;
of Mr. Swamikannu Pillai. there was no solar eclipse on that day.

Setupatis 7 .
A single copper-platc received from the District Judge, Madura

in 1893,
Srlmacl Hiranyagarbhayaji Raghunatha Sotupati. Raja of
Ramnad, gave the village of Kadikui.li and some other plots of land
near Pudukkottai, in Madura district, to the temple of Visve^vara, in
Eluvapuri.
The giant was made on the full-moon day in the month of
Vaiiakha in the year Raktakshi, S. 1606, Kali. 4785 (19th April
1684 A.D. ).
Setupatis 8.
A single copper-platc received from the District Judge of

Madura in tgi 1- 12.
Muthu Vijayaraghunatha Sctupati. Raja of Ramnad. gave the
village of AttiyQttu.<f//V/.vMuthuvijaya-raghunatha sOtupati bhQp.ala-
puram, and fourteen houses to fourteen Brahmans.
The grant was made at Dhanushkotl on .the now-moon day in
the month of Magha in the year Vijaya. S. I635 (3rd February
1714 A.D.).
(A.R.M.E.. igtO-ll. App. A, No. 9“(hO. No. 832. Public,
28th July 1911. p. 15.1
Setupatis 9.

Madura.
5oth the language and script of the inscription are Tamil.
SaSivarpa Periya Udaya TCvar otherwise known as Vijaya-
raghunatha, Raja of Ramnad. constructed a mutt on a bank of the
river Vaigai and gave a plot of land for its maintenance to
Satyavachakasvami, who came from Chidambaram.
This Setupati, it is stated, brought Jaffna under his control.
The grant was made on the twenty-si-xth day in the month of
Karthigai in the year Ananda, S. 1655, Kali. 483* (26th November
1734 A.D.). This cyclic year Ananda
corresponded to S. 1656.
Setupatis 10.
A single coppcr-plate received from the District Judge of

Madura in 1898.
Both the language and script of the inscription arc Tamil.
Muttukumara Vijayaraghunatha Sctupati, Raja of Ramnad. gave
the village of Govihdarajasamudra as sart'aiiianyu \o a Brahman
named Ramanayya on a new-moon dav.
The grant was made at DhanushkfttI on the new-moon day in
the month of Tai in the year Nala, S. 1658 (19th January 1737 A.D.),
(S.L.I.. No. 23.)
Setupatis 11.

•Mudura in 1898,
Sri Muttu Vijayaraghunatha Setupati, Raja of Ramnad, gave
the village of KarQkkatti, otherwise known as Muthuramaliriga-
Jniram, to Mahgale^vara gurukkal, on the occasion of a lunar eclipse.
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The grant was made on the fuIUmoon day in the month of

VaiSakha in the year Vikrama, S. 1682 (29th May 1760 A.D.).
Setupatis 12.

Madura in 1898.
Muttu Raghunatha Setupati, Raja of Ramnad, gave a portion of
Ariyakkudi village to Chandrasekhara vadhani.
The grant was made on Sunday, the Suklanavami, in the month
of Jyeshtha, in the year Subhanu, S. 1685 (19th June 1763 A.D.).
Setupatis 13.

Madura in 1911-12.
Muttu Ramalihga Vijayaraghunstha Setupati, Raja of Ramnad,
gave a portion of land to Venkata Narayanappayya for a feeding
choultry and for maintaining a water-shed.
The grant was made op the twenty-first day in the month of
Avani in the year Vikrita, S. 1692 (2nd September I770 A.D.).
—
(A.R.M.E., 1910-II, App. A, No. 7 G.O. No. 832, Public,
2lst July 1911. P. 15-)
Setupatis 14.

Madura in 1911-12.
The plate records an agreement made between the Dharma-
karta called RamanStha Pandaram and the five hundred and twelve
Mahajanas of the Rameivaram temple.
The circumstances under which the agreement was made were
as follows
:
—
The villages owned by the temple were resumed
by Asarat Nawab, when he captured the Setupati and took him as
a captive to Trichinopoly. The temple servants went to Chenna-
patnam, paid homage to Dewan Rayar and Asarat Nawab, and
got back the villages.
Theevents related here refer to the year I773. when according
to Mr. Sewell, Muthu Ramalinga Setupati was defeated by an
English force under General Joseph Smith, his territory subdued
on behalf of the Nawab of Trichinopoly, and the infant Setupati,
his mother and sister were removed from Ramnad and kept at
Trichinopoly under surveillance.
This arrangement was made on the seventeenth day in the
month of Avani in the year Nahdana. (The given data correspond
to 29th August 1772 A.D.)
28th July 1911, p. 16.)
Setupatis 15.

Madura in 1898,
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Both the language an.d script of the inscription are Tamil.

Vijayaraghunatha Sivanna Periya Udaiyattevar, Raja of
Ramnad, gave the village of Udaiyany€hdal in the province of
Ponnakkula to Mottai Pakkiri Sahib of Sivaganga.
The grant was made.on the fifth day in the month of Chittirai
in Jhe year Sobhakrit, S. 1706. Kali. 4885. Sobhakrit corresponds
to S. 1705 (14th April 1783 A.D.).
Setupatis 16.
Asingle copper-plate received from the Collector of Madura.

Vijayaraghunatha Periya Udaiva Tcvar, Setupati, constructed
a mada and an agrahara in the village of Vettakkaranpatti. on the
road to Rameivaram, and gave them to Brahmans. There, he
opened a watershed and a small 'garden and for their maintenance
gaê, rent free, a plot of land called Tanavayal, in the village of
Ukkadai, in the Amaravati district.
This Setupati is here described as having conquered Choladeia
and Toti^laimandala.
The grant was made on the twenty-fourth day in the month of
Tai in the year Piiigala, 6. 1721, Kali. 4900 (3rd Februarv 17^
SULTANS OF DELHI.
Sultans of Delhi 1 .
Asingle copper-plate received from the Collector’s office, South

Arcot. The figures of Sri Varaha, Hanuman and Garuda are
engraved on the top of the plate.
The plate records that under the orders of the Emperor
Farrukhslyar (Parukusaha Padusaha) at Delhi, Srinivasa Dasa, the
protege of Todarmall. a deputy of the Emperor, gave the villages
of Kriapuliyahgudy, PutlQr, NedufljCri. and Malayambuttu, situated
in the sIma of KavanQr, to the temple of Varahasvami at Srlmush-
nam, for the regular conduct of worship and festivals connected
with the temple.
These villages were in the Cheflji pranta, in the Tiruvadi Rajya,
belonging to PadavTdu nadu. Srimushnam is seventeen miles from
Chidambaram.
The grant was, made on the occasion of Vrishnbaha sankrahti
in the year Jaya, S. 1637. The cydic year Jaya corresponds to
S. 1636 (29th April 1714 A.D.).
There is a Persian * inscription on the back of the plate, which
records that on the first of Jamadl-Ussani of the second year of the
accession to the throne of the Emperor Farrukhslyar, Srinivasa Das,
the protege of Todar Mall andDewanand Subedar of His Excel-
lency Nawab Saadat-Ullah Khan, Nawab of the Carnatic, gave five
villages, viz., Kllapuliyarigudy and others in the parganah of
• A tMnslaUon of ihis Persian insctiplion was Uindly faraisheci bi- Mr, K. Amrila
Rao, M.A., Piesidency College, Madras,
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^rlmushnam, to the God BhOvarShasvami of Srlmushnam. These

villages lay within the jurisdiction of the Raja of Tanjore and
intended by him for Bhuvarahasvami.
Srinivasa Das was a resident of Tihdivanam.
(S.L.L, No. 68.)
TANJORE RAJAS.
Tanjore Rajas 1.
A single copper-plate received from the Collector’s office,

Tanjore.
^th the language and script of the inscription ^re Tamil.
Baboji Panti minister of Sahaji, son of Ekoji, Raja of
Tanjore, divided the village of UttadayanieUivayal Seyyanga-
madai Mutukadu into fifteen shares, gave it a new name Rama-
nathapurami and distributed them among fourteen Brahmans and
a mutf.
This village was sUuated to south of the river Vlija, a branch
of the river Kaverl. Ekoji was half brother to the Maratha ruler
Sivaji and became the Raja of Tanjore in 1675 A.D.
The grant was made on the fourth day in the month of Chittirai
in the year Yuva, S. 1617. Kali. 4796 (2nd April 1695 A.D.).
VIJAYANAGARA KINGS.
Vijsyanagara Kings 1.
A singlecopper-plate received from the Collector of Bellary.

On the top of the plate there is a varaha facing the proper right.
The sun and moon are to the proper left and right of the varaha.
The language of the inscription is Kanarese, the script employed
being old Kanarese. The document is inscribed with lines alter-
nately upside-down.
The plate records that the Vijayanagara King orl Bukka Dsva
Raya Maharaya gave the uncultivated portions of the villages of
Gadipadu and Brahmapurl, situated in thesima of Paragani and
Adahani, which formed a part of the Kanarese portion of the king-
dom of Vijayanagara, to Ramana Gauda, Badana Gauda, Bayappa,
Sahkaracharya, Naralaliiiga Reddi and Rajappa, so that they might
construct an agrahara for them and temples for Hanuman and
Vfrabhadra, and other gods. The king ordered that the new
village so formed must be known by the name of ‘Sagara ’.
The grant wa,s made on the twelfth tithi in the bright fortnight
in the month of Sravana in the year Jaya, S. lOII. The cyclic year
Jaya fell on S. 1036 (l6th July 1114 A.D.). Bukka’s reign com-
menced in A.D. 1336 and the Saka year mentioned in the grant
is incorrect.
On the reverse of the plate there is an inscription which records
thatRamana Gauda and Badana Gauda borrowed three-hundred
nanaka varahas from Rama Reddi for the construction of houses
in the newly granted plot.
{S.L.I., No. 124.)

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Vijayanagara Kings 2.
A single copper-plate received from the Collector of Bellary.
The figures of the sun and moon are seen at the top of the plate.
The plate records that Jagadapi Gutty-durga province was con-
ferred upon Mahasayankacharya Talavakili Joginayaka by Sampati
Tipparajayya, and that with the sanction of this Tipparajayya
many villages including Kambaduru and several hamlets were
founded, and that the holdings of the several village officers and
servants were settled as mentioned therein.
The grant is dated the tenth tithi in the bright fortnight in the
month of Aivayuja in the year Jaya in S. 1109. The given data
would correspond to 8th September 1174 A.D., as the cyclic year
Jaya fell in S. IO96, when RajadhirSja ParameSvara Virapratapa
Vijaya Bukkaraya ruled at Vijayanagara. This is evidently a
forgery, as no king of this name is known to have reigned at this
period. Moreover the characters are much too late for this date.
Three copper-plates received from the Collector’s office, Nellore.
They are strung on a ring without a seal.
NaiidinagarT.
The plates record that after the coronation, which took place
on the seventh tithi in the bright fortnight in the month of VaiSakha
in the year Dhatri, S. 1258, the Vijayanagara king Harihara
MaharHya founded an agrahsra in the village of KapalQr, situated
in the kingdom of Chandragiri, in Padanadu sTma, through which
the river Svarnamukhi flowed, and gave it to a Brahman named
Ananta Sflraya. He received the agrahara, divided it into sixty
vrittis. retained thirty for himself, and distributed thirty to several
Brahmans.
The circumstances under which king Harihara founded the
city of Vidyanagara (Vijayanagara) are also given.
The grant was made soon after the coronation which took place
on the seventh tithi, in the bright fortnight in the month of Vai-
Sakha, in the year Dhatri, S. 1258 (l8th April 1336 A.D.).
(S.L.I., No. 79.)
(A.R.M.E.. 1906-07, App. A. No. 3— G.O. No. 503, Public, 27th
June 1907, p. 10.)
[II Nel. Dist., 1905, p. 109.]
Five copper-plates without a ring received from the Collector of
Nellore.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed is old
Telugu.
The plates record that, on the orders of his preceptor Srlkanta-
natha, the Vijayanagara king Sangama II gave to thirty Brahmans
well versed in the Vedas the village called Biltarakunta at a
distance of three yojanls north of Vikramisimhapura in the
Pakavishaya, having constructed an agrahara and renamed it
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Srikanthapura. The preceptor caused the king to give also the

village of Simkesari, which was on the northern bank of the river
Pennar, in the country of MQliki.
The grant was made on the occasion of his father’s annual
ceremony. The plates are important as they give information
regarding the correct genealogy of the first Vijayanagara dynasty.
This village of Bittarakunta is the same as Bitragunta, a railway
station in the North-East line of the Madras and Southern Mahratta
Railway. Simkesari may be identical with Sunkesaru near
Pushpagiri in the Cuddapah district.
The record is dated the new-moon day in the month of JySshtha
in the year Durmukha, S. 12/8 (30th May 1356 A.D.).
(S.L.L, No. 58.)

(Ep. Ind., 1894 -95, Vol. Ill, p. 21.)
Three copper-plates received from the Collector of Kurnool.
They are strung on a ring, which carries a signet ring to which a
seal is soldered. The seal has a seated Naiidi over it. Just below
the Nandi, the sun and moon appear on the side of the seal to
the proper right and left of the Nandi. A dagger is found on the
side of the seal just in front of the Naiidi.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being Naiidi-
nagarT.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara king Sri Bukka Raya
gave, on the auspicious occasion of an eclipse of the sun,
the village of GadigCrSlu alias Bukkarayapuram, situated in
the Pedakallu sima in the province of Panadri, to a Brahman named
Somajiya for’ the regular conduct of worship and festivals and
other duties connected with the temple of Bhairava built in that
village.
The grant was made on the new-moon day in the month of
Chaitra in the year Plava, S- 1285. The data given correspond to
5th April 1361 A.D.. but there was no solar eclipse on that day
according to the Ephemeris of Mr. L. D. Swamikannu Pillai. There
was one solar eclipse on the 5th May 1361 A.D. The cyclic year
Plava corresponds to S. 1283.
(S.L.I., No. 220.)
Kurnool. Another small plate on which appear embossed, the sun,
moon, a Naiidi, a linga, and a deity, is soldered to the top of this
plate.
When king VlrapratSpa Sri BjkkadSva RSya Maharaya
ruled at Vijayanagara, a plot of land was given to Bhlma Liii-
ganna Gone.
The grant was made on the twelfth tithi in tjie dark fortnight in
the month of Kartika in the, year Ananda, S. I293. The cyclic
year Ananda corresponds to S. 1296 (3rd September 1374 A.D.).
(S.L.I., No. 228.)
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Vijaysnagara Kings 7.
They are connected by a ring without a seal.
Telugu.
These plates record that under the orders of the Vijayanagara
king Devaraja, son of Harihara, his minister gave a plot of land
measuring fifteen mnitilyas in extent in the village lying on either
side of the river Audaia near ParachOr village in the province of
Addahki to a Brahman named Chennu Bhatta.
These plates were not granted by Devaraya but by his son
Yuvaraja Ramachandra. who was the lord of Udayagiri, at the
request of the donee. The river Audaia is between GuntQr and
Addahki.
This charter was granted on the full-moon day in the month of
Jyeshtha in the year PramOda, S. I312 (29th May 1390 A.D.).
(A.R.M.E.. 1906-07, App. A, No. I— G.O. No. 503, Public,
27th June 1907, p. 10.)
[II Nel. Dist., 19OS, Vol. I, p. i.j
Three copper-plates received from the Collector’s office.
Kurnool. Theyare strung on a ring with another ring to which
a seal is soldered. It bears the figure of Vîmana with a dagger
and the moon to the proper left and the sun to the proper right.
Nandinagarl.
The Vijayanagara king Sri Dcvaraya having renamed the
village of Khairappulu as DfivarSyapura gave half of it to the
Virabhadrasvami temple in MsnasavadAvani (perhaps Adoni)
for its maintenance and having divided the remaining half into
twenty-five shares, gave them to twenty-five Brahmans. He also
constructed an agrahflra in MAnasavadAvani and gave it to these
twenty-five donees.
The grant was made on t()e Utfhdm-dvddasi day in the month of
KArtika in the year Vikriti, S. 1332 (8th November 14IO A.D.).
(S.L.L, No. 221.)
Three copper-plates without a ring received from the Head
Assistant Collector, North Arcot.
Grantha.
The plates record that SrlgiribhOpAla or Srlgirlndra, who was
the brother of Sr! OevarAya II of Vijayanagara and ruled the
country which had its capital at Maratakapuri, gave the village of
NlpatatAka otherwise known as VijayarAyapuram to a Brah-
5ian named SampatkumArapandita, who was well versed in the
Ayurveda. This Pandit divided the village into fifty-six shares,
gave two to temples, retained one for feeding Brahmans and
twenty-two for his own use, and distributed the rest to his brothers,
relatives and learned men.
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This Nrpatat^ka is the same as KadappSri situated in Th<

Walajapet taluk, North Arcot district.
The grant was made on the Ulthana-dvsdas't day in the yeai
KrOdhin, S. 1346 (3rd November 1424 A.D.).
(S.L.L, No. 82.)
(A.R.M.E., 1905-06, App. A, No. 16—G-O. No. 492,
Public, 2nd July 1906. p. 9.)
[Ep. Ind., 1905-06, Vol. VIII, p. 306.]
Vijsyaaagara Kings 10.

Five copper-plates received from the Collector of Nellore. They
are connected by a ring without a seal.
NandinSgarl.
The plates record that at the request of Panta MailSra, a vassal
chief of the Redcji caste, the Vijayanagara King Pratapa Devaraya
gave the village of Polavaram, situated on the banks of the river
Kundi (Gundalakama) in the PQngi-nadu-vishaya, having renamed
it Chejerla, to learned Brahmans.
Chcjerla is a village in the OngQle taluk, GuntQr district.
The grant was made qn the Sivardth day in the month of
Magha in the year Kllaka, S- 1351 {2nd February 1429 A.D.).
(S.L.L, No. 87.)
(A.R M.E., 1906-07, App. A, No. 6—G.O. No. 503.
Public, 27th June 1907, p. 10.)
(11 Nel. Dist., 1905, Vol. I, p. 149.]

Three copper-plates without a ring found in the village of
Chilakala in the Nandyal taluk and received from the Collector of
Kurnool.
NandinSgarT.
The plates record that the Vijayanagra King Immadi Devaraya
orImmadi Praudha Devaraya Mallikarjuna gave the village of
Oddugundla, in the Paneyadeia of the Guttirajya, to a number of
Brahmans.
The grant was made on the Utthdna-dvddasi day in the .month of
Kartika in the year Pramathi, S. 1381 (7th November 1459 A.D.).

Three copper-plates without a ring found in the village of
Nllluleni Timmapuram and received from the Tahsildar of the
Gooty taluk of the Anantapur district.
Nahdinagarl.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara king Sri Mallikarjuna,
surnamed Immadi Praudha BhQpala, gave the village of Lihgala,
having renamed it Immadi-praudha-bhOpalapuram. situated in the
province of Panugall, to certain Brahmans.
The grant was made on the Gdkulashlami day in the month of
Sravana in the year Vishu (Vrisha), 1383 {30th July I461 A.D.).
17th July 1908, p. II.)
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Vijaysnagara Kings 13.

Three copper-plates preser\'ed in the Museum with no history.
They are strung on a ring, a portion of which is flattened in
the form of a circle, on which is engraved Sri ViriipSksha ‘

DevanagarT.
The Vijayanagara King Sn Vlra Praudha Deva Raya con-
structedan agrahara in Srlnivasapura, a village near Chandragiri,
and gave it to Ramachandra Dtkshita and other Brahmans, on the
auspicious occasion of a solar eclipse.
This agrahara was constructed in memory of the king’s mother
and was named VedavallTpura.
The grant was made on the new7moon day in the month of
Makara in the year Vishu (Vrisha), S. 138 (2nd December 1461
A.D.).

Five copper-plates received from the Collector of Bellary. They
.are strung on a ring which carries a very small ring to which a
seal is attached. It bears the sun and moon, a boar and a dagger.

Nahdinagarl.
The Vijayanagara King SrT Krishna dSvarSya gavethe village of
KrishnarHyapuram, situated in the district of Gooty, to a Brahman
named Konda Bhatta, on the auspicious occasion of a lunar
eclipse.
A short genealogical table from Timma to Krishnaraya is
given.
Kartika in the year Sukla. S. T431. the first year of Krishna
Raya’s reign, The given data correspond to 27th October 1509
A.D. Mr. Sewell’s Eclipses of the moon in India and Mr. L. D.
‘ ’
Swamikannu Pillai’s Ephemeris give a lunar eclipse on 26th

‘ ’
November 1509 A.D., whiph was the full-moon day in the month of
Margasirsha in the year Sukla.
(S.L.I., No. 132.)

The inscriptionis in Sanskrit, the script employed being
Kanarese.
The plate records that the Vijayanagara king Sri KrishnadSva
Maharaya, constructed an agrahara named Vyapalavarti on the
banks of the river Tungabhadra, and gave it to a Brahman named
Anaiitacharya, having renamed it Knshnarayapuram. The king
did this at the request of his subordinate chief Timmanayaka.
This agrahara was situated in the Kundarpi-sima near
Rayadurga.
The grant was made on the auspicious occasion of Ardhodaya on
the new-moon day in the month of Magha in the year Prajotpatti
s. 1433 (17th February 1512 A.D.).
(S.L.I.. No. 123.)
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Vijayanagarft Kings 16.
A single copper-plate received from the Collector’s officei

Kurnool. A small double copper-plate, with embossed figures of
the sun and moon, a linga and a Nandi, is attached to the top of
this plate.
The plate records that three brothers Pedda NSgana Gaud,
Chinna Nagana Gaud, and Liiigala Gaud abandoned their native
village, and came south to the village of PedahOrti, situated in the
Sima of Adavari-drug. They constructed a temple to the Goddess
Chaudeivart on a hill. SammCla Timm.arajulu, a deputy of the
Vijayanagara king, introduced them to Sn Vira Pratapa Harihara
Raya, who gave them certain villages for their abode and main-
tenance.
The grant was made on the tenth tithi in the dark fortnight
in the month of Vaiiakha in the year Snmukha, S. 1420. This
cyclic yearSrtmukha corresponds to S. 1435. The date would then
correspond to 30th April 1513 A.D. The mention of Harihara
Raya who died in A.D. 1404 will lead one to believe that this plate
is a forgery.
(S.L.I., No. 227.)

Five copper-plates without a ring, received from the Collector’s
office, Nellore.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being Nahdi-
nagarT.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara king SrT Kfishnadeva
Raya, at the request ofGaiiga Red<li or Gahgadhara, a Reddi
chief, who had the titles of KarpOravasantaraya, KancharkaUdri,
BasavaSankara, Ghanfanada and RQpanarayana, gave the village
of Nagulavaram and a held named Timmayapalem to a Brahman
astronomer named SOra Bhatfa, on the auspicious occasion of a
lunar eclipse.
This Krishnadeva Raya is stated to have defeated Vlrabhadra
Gajapati, sgn of Rudra of Kondavidu, captured and made him his
servant in S. 1437.
Sravana in the year Yuva, $. 1437 (25th July 1515 A.D.).
(S.L.I., No. 86.)
(A.R.M.E., 1906-07, App. A, No. 4—G.O. No. 503,
Public, 27th June 1907, p. 10.)
[II Nel. Dist., 1905, Vol. I. p. 125.)

Three copper-plates without a ring and seal, bought of the
Pandaram Dharmakarta of the Subrahmanya temple situated at
Kumarakrostam in Conjeeveram.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being Naridi-
nagarl.
The Vijayanagara king Sri Krishnadeva Raya gave the village of
Goviridapatti, nine miles west of Conjeeveram, to eleven Brahmans
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for recitingrudrajapa during the abhishfika ceremony of the God

EkSmbaranatha at Kafichl. The village still exists though deserted.
The grant was made on the tenth tilhi in the dark fortnight in
the month of .Pushya in the year Vyaya on the oc casion of Makara-
sahkramana, S. 1448 C28th December 1526 A.D.).
Vijayanagara Kings 19 .
Three copper-plates received from the Sub-Collector of

Cuddapah. They are strung on a ring without a seal.
Nahdinagarl.
The platc,s record that the Vijayanagara king SrT Krishijadcva
Mahariya was present at the temple of VirQpaksha on the bank of
the river Tuhgabhadra, and gave the village of Madavara to a temple
of Narasimha. This village was in the GOdalQr sIma, in MSrJavada
Rajya. This is perhaps to the north of the village of Mudivfidu
and near the village of GandalQru in the Cuddapah district.
A genealogy of the second dynasty of Vijayanagara from
TimmabhQpala down to Srt KrishnadCva Raya is given.
The grant was made on the Makiira-saiiknliiti day in the year
Sarvajit, S. 1448 (29th December 1527 A.D.>.
(A.R.M.E., October 189O to March 189I, p. 5 — G.O. No. 452,
Public, loth June 1891.)
Five copper-plates received from the Collector of Kurnool,

They are strung on a ring, which carries a signet ring to which a
seal is attached- h bears the standing boar facing the proper
right. The “ûn and moon are above. the boar and a floral device
is below.
NaiidinagarT.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara king Sri AchyutCndra
Maharaya gave the village of Kallabakya, otherwise known as
Narasendrapura, situated to the west of the village of Mandagiri, to
fifty Brahmans, having divided it into fifty shares.
Achyutendra is here stated to be the younger brother of Sri
Krishna.
The grant was made on the ninth tithi in the dark fortnight
in She month of MargasTrsha in the year Vijaya, §. 1455 (loth
December 1533 A.D.).
(S.L.I., No. 222.)
Five copper-plates received from Sriman Varadacharya of

a village in the Walajapet taluk of the North Arcot district.
'Pflijdi,
They are strung bn a ring without a seal.
Nandinigarl.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara king Srt Achyutadfiva
Maharaya gave the villages of TengQru and Vallagulam, situated
in the Chandragiri Rajya, to the temple of Vittalasvami, The
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villages were divided into four parts, one part was given to his
minister Timma for the management of the temple, another to a
Brahman who did religious duties in the temple and the rest were
set apart for the regular conduct of worship and festivals.
The grant was made on the Sravanadvadasi day in the, bright
fortnight in the month of Bhadrapada in the year Jaya, S. 1456
(20th August 1534 A.D.).
(S.L.r., No. 26.)
{A.R.M.E., 1905-06, App. A, No. n—G.O. No. 492, Public,
2nd July 1906, p. 9.)
Five copper-plates received from the Collector’s office. North
Arcot. They are strung on a ring which carries a seal bearing a
standing boar facing the proper right. The sun and moon are
above the boar and a floral device is below.
Nandinagart.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara King Sn Achyutfindra
Maharaya, at the request of his chief Varanasi Varadappa,
gave the village of Kllayahara VSnkatadripura, situated in
Kundavardhanakotaka, a district of Tundlramapdala, which was
a subdivision of Chandragiri Rajya, to the Vishnu temple at
Verikatadripura, which was built near VSdarapyam, on the bank
of the Veclanadi (river), by the latter.
The grant was made on the fifth tilhi in the bright fortnight in
the month of Vaiiakha, in the year Hfimalamba. 1459 (14th
April 1537 A.D.).
(S.L.I.. No. 207.)
(A.R.M.E., 1905 06, App. A, No. 10—G.O. No. 492, Public,
2nd July 1906, p. 8.)

Three copper-plates presented by the Dharmakarta of the temple
at SriperumbQdQr, Chingleput district, to the Archjeological depart-
ment and subsequently deposited in the Museum. They are strung
on a ring which carries a seal bearing in relief a standing boar
facing the proper right. The sun and moon are above the boar
while a floral device is below. There is a dagger to the proper
right of the boar.
The inscriptionis in Sanskrit, with the exception of a few lines
in Tamil which describe the boundaries of the village granted.
The script employed is NandinagarT.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara king Sn Achyuta
Raya, gave the village of Maranfiri, otherwise known as Raghu-
nathapura, to a Brahman named Sn Vamana Yajva. This village
was situated in PatavTtarajyam, the modern PadavTdu, a ruined
town in the Polor taluk of the North Arcot district.
,
The grant was made on the new-moon day in the month of
Sravana in the year Vilambi, S. 1460 (24th August 1538 A.D.).
(A.R.M.E., May to September 1890, p. 2— G.O. No. 717, Public,
28th October 1890.)
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Four copper-plates received from the Sub-Collector of Cuddapah.
They are strung on a ring which carries a seal bearing a standing
boar facing the proper right.
The inscription is in faulty Sanskrit, the script employed being
NandinagarT.
The document opens with a confused genealogy, in the course
of which the mythical ancestors and a few members of the first
dynasty of Vijayanagara are mentioned. Then it turns abruptly
to Achyuta, who is known to have belonged to the second Vijaya-
nagaru dynasty, and attributes to him a grant made, in S. 1201,
while other grants of the same king range between S. 1452 and
1461. The difference of more than two hundred and fifty years
between the date of this grant and the real date of Achyuta and
the incorrect genealogy lead to the conclusion that this inscription
is a forgery.
(A.R.M.E.. October 1890 to March 1891, p. 5 — G.O. No. 452,
Public, lOth June 1891.)
Three copper-plates received from the Collector’s office,

Kurnool. They are strung on a ring without a seal.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being Nandi-
nagarT.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara king Sri AchyutCndra
Mah3r3ya gave the village of Madapyalapaiji situated in the
province of Gooty, having renamed it Achyutarayapuram to
Npsimhasvami, enshrined at Ramagiri, to meet the expenses on
account of lighting, offerings, worship and festivals in his temple,
reserving a portion, which was given to a Brahman named
Kondayajva for service in it.
AchyutarSya is here spoken of as the conqueror of the three
kingdoms, Chfira, Choja and P3ndya.
The grant wa,s made on the ashtami tithi in t}ie dark fortnight in
the month of SrSvana in the year VikSri, S. 1461 (7th August
1539 A.D.).
(S.L.L, No. 223.)

Three copper-plates received from the Collector of North Arcot.
They are strung on a ring which carries a seal bearing in relief a
above the boar and a floral device is below.
nSgarl.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara king Sri Achyutaraya
Maharaya gave the village of Chaklimarantatuku, having renamed
it Chinnavertkatarayendrasamudra, to the temple of Vishnu in
the village of Venkatadripura on the banks of the river Veda and
situated in the kingdom of Chandragiri.
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Mention is made of the Tultlbhara ceremony {gift of gold to the

weight of the donor) performed by the king in the town of.Kanchl
on the dvSdast day in the bright fortnight in the month of Sravana
in the year Nandana, S. 1455 (13th July 1532 A.D.). S. 1454
corresponds to the cyclic year Nandana.
The grant was made on the UttlulHa-di'adasi day, in the bright
fortnight in the month of Kartika in the year Vikari, S. 1466, which
is a mistake for 1461 (24th October 1539 A.D.).

2nd July 1906, p. 9.)

Three copper-plates without a ring and seal, received from the
Collector’s office, Nellore.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, with the exception of a few lines
in Telugu describing the boundaries of the village granted. The
script employed is NandinagarT.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara king Sri Achyutendra
MaharAya gave the village named Yadavalll, situated in the sIma
of Panganadu, attached to the province of Udayagiri, having
surnamed it AchyutCndrapuram, to a learned Brahman named Tiru-
mala Bhatta, on the auspicious day of Utthdua-dwlduM.
The grant was made on the dfcldtisi titht in the bright fortnight
in the month of Kartika in the year Plava, S. 1463 (31st October
1541 A.D.).
{S.L.I.. No. 80.)
(A.R.M.E., 1906 07, App. A, No. 5— G.O. No. 503. Public,
27th June 1907, p. 10.)
(II Nel. Dist., 1905. Vol. I, p. 91.]

Three copper-plates received from the Collector of North Arcot.
They are strung on a ring, which carries a seal bearing in relief a
above the boar and a floral device is below. There is a dagger to
the proper right of the boar.
being NandinSgarl.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara king Sri SadaSiva
Maharaya gave the villages of KongananiallQr and Melapatapana-
padi, situated in the kingdom of Padavidu, to several Brahmans.
The grant was made on the dx'ddasi tilhi in the brjght fortnight
in the month of Kartika in the year Plavariga, S. 1470 {25th
October 1547 A.D.). The cyclic year Plavariga corresponds to
S. 1469-
(A.R..M.E.. 1907 08. App. A, No. 6—
G.O. No. 574. Public,
17th July 1908. p. II.)

The sun and moon and the Vaishnavite marks are engraved on the
top of the plate.
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When the Vijayanagara king Vlrapratapa Sri Vira Sadaîva-
deva Maharaya ruled at Vijayanagara, Sriman MahaniandaleSvara
Ramaraju Tirumalarajayya granted the following privileges to
Mahrpati Yerrammanayaka for faithful service done to the
State and for guarding the villages of Gooty, Tadpatri, Vellaluru,
Singananiala and Siyyada. He was allowed to receive ten
varahas for every one hundred varahas of tax collected from the
villages, together with the produce got out of two marakals of
seedlings out of every twenty undone bundle of fodder from that
got out of two-fifths of an acre of land.
This charter was granted on the tenth tUhi in the .bright
fortnight in the month of 5 ravana in the year Tirigaja, S. 1479
(4th August IS57 A.D.).
(S.L.I., No. 224.)

Five copper-plates received from the District Court of Kistna.
They arc strung on a ring which carries a small ring to which a
seal is attached. It bears in relief a standing boar facing the
proper right. The sun and moon are above the boar, while a floral
device is below. There is a dagger to the proper right of the boar.
NandinagarT.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara King Rahga Raya
who had his capital at Penukonda gave as sarvamSnya the village
of KovilpQdi, having renamed it Raiigarajapuram, to a Brahman
named Haridasva. This village was near Kondavidu which was
conquered by Raiiga Raya.
The grant was made on Pruthiimii-ih^Sdaxi day in the month
of Ashadha in the year Yuva. b. 1497 (19th June 1575 A.D.).

Three copper-plates found in the ruined Vishnu temple in the
village of Arivilimangalam,Tanjore district, and purchased from
Mr. Svaminatha Ayyar. The plates are strung on a ring which
carries a seal bearing in relief a standing boar facing the proper
right. Above the boar is the sun between two clubs joined
together in the form of V. The moon and a dagger are to the
proper left of the boar.
NandinSgarl.
At the request of Sevvappa NSyaka the first prince of the
Nayaka dynasty of Tanjore, the Vijayanagara king Sri Rahga-
deva Raya granted the village of Arivilimangalam to the Madhva
teacher Vtjayindra Tlrtha.
The grant was originally made by Achyuta son of Sevvappa
Nayaka, but sanction of the over-lord was obtained by this record.
The village granted belonged to the Kulottuiiga Choja Valanadu
and is now five miles south-west of Nannilam, the headquarters of
a name in the Tanjore district.
taluk of that
The grant was made on the Pruthama dx'ddoPi iithi in the bright
fortnight in the month of Ashadha in the year DhStri, S. I499
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(7th July T576 A.D.). This fell on Saturday (7th July 1576
A.D.) according to the Ephemeris of Mr. L. D. Swamikannu Filial,
but Monday was the dvadasi day according to the plates.
(Ep. Ind., 1917, Vol. XIII. p. 340.]
Vijayaaagara Kings 32.

Two copper-plates received from the Collector of Kistna. They
are strung on a ring without a seal.
Nandinagarl.
These plates form an incomplete set and.contain the genealogy
of the third Vijayanagara dynasty up to SrT Rahga RSya. The
genealogy is identical with that given in the KQniyQr plates.

Two copper-plates found in the records of the Oriental Manu-
scripts Library and sent by the Curator in 1917 for deposit in the
Museum. They are the second and third plates of a set, the first of
which is missing. They have holes on the upper part and the ring
on which they were strung is also missing.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed is Nagarl.
The plates record that the Vijayanagara King Sri Veiikatapati
lyiaharaya gave a village having named it Veiikatapura, to the
Sri Vaishnava teacher Tstaya, grandson of EtOr-Tatarya and
son of Srinivasa. This village was situated in the Konadu district,
which formed a subdivision of Uttukkadu KOftam.
The grant was made on the dx'ddasi lHhi in the bright fortnight
in the month of Dhanus in the year Vikrithi, 1512 (27th
December 1590 A.D.).
—
[A.R.M.E,, 1916-17. App. A, No. 8 G.O. No. 1035, Home
(Education), lOth August 1917, p. 8.)
Vijayaaagara Kings 34.

Seven copper-plates received from the Collector of Tinnevelly.
They are strung on a ring which carries a seal bearing in relief
a standing boar facing the proper right. The sun and moon are
above and a dagger is to the proper right of the boar.
nagarl.
The plates record that, at the request of Krishnamahipati,
Viceroy of the Southern Kingdom, the Vijayanagara King ^ri
Vira Veiikatapati gave the village of Padmaneri situated in the
Kingdom of Tiruvadi to several Brahmans, having renamed it
Tirumalambapuram. Krishnamahipati divided the village into
eighty-three shares, and distributed them among several Brahmans.
The grant was made at the temple of Tirypati on the dvadasi
tithi in tht; dark fortnight in the month of Sravana in the year
Vilambi, S. 1520 {l8th August 1598 A.D.).
(S.L.I., No. III.)

2nd July 1906, p. 9.)
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Seven copper-plates, without a history, which have been
preserved in the Museum for a long time. They are strung on a
ring which carries a seal bearing in relief a standing boar facing the
proper right. The sun and moon are above and a Horal device is
below the boar. There is a dagger to the proper right of the boar.
Naiidinagarl.
The plates record that, at the request of his chief Mudduvira
who was ruling at Madura, the Vijayanagara King Vehkatapati
Sri Devaraya gave to several Brahmans the village of NagenallQr
situated near the boundary of Kattupputtor on the northern bank of
the river Kaveri, having renamed it Mudduvframahipalasamudram.
MudduvTra divided the village into eighty-two shares and distributed
them to several learned Brahmans.
The grant was made on the ihiiJasi litin in the dark fortnight
in the month of Kartika in the year Saumya, S. 1531 (13th
November 1609 A.D.).
(A.R.M.E.. 1905 06, App. A, No. 9— G.O. No. 492, Public,
2nd July 1906, p. 8.)

Five copper-plates which l»ave been preserved in this Museum
for a long time without any history. They are strung on a ring
which carries a seal bearing in relief a bow, a tiger and- two fishes.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being Nahdi-
nagarT.
The plates, record that the Vijayanagara King Sri Venkata II or
Vehkatapati Srf Dfivaraya who resided at Penukonda granted the
village of Kondyata, having renamed it Gopalairlpura, to Rariga-
natha, son of Singaraja and grandson of Lakkaraja and who was
engaged in the study of the Yajur Veda.
The plates contain a genealogy from King Nahusha to Vchkafa
n. It was at Penukonda the Vijayanagara royal family took up its
abode after its defeat by the Muhammadans. The village granted

is near Gudiyattam in the North Arcot district-
The grant was made on the dwhlasi lilhi in the, bright fortnight
in the month of Ashadha in the year Dhatri, S. 1558 (4th July
1636 A.D.}.
( 5 .L.I.. No. 151.)
(Ind. Ant., 1884. Vol. XIII, p. 125.)
VISHNUKUKDINS.
Vishnukundins 1.
Five copper-plates discovered sometime before 1887, during the

excavation of earth at the Atikavani tank in the Chikkulla agra-
hara in the Tuni division of the Godavari district by Pindi
Nammayya of Uppepagutlem, a hamlet of Amalapuram, in the
Golgonda taluk of the Vizagapatam district, and received from the
Collector of Vizagapatam in 1896-97 to whom the plates were sent
by the karnam of Amalapuram, who secured them, when they were
offered for sale in 1895 f>y the wife of Nammayya. The plates
are strung on a ring, the ends of which are soldered to a circular
seal bearing in relief on the countersunk surface a lion.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, though Prakrit words occur now
and then. The script employed is pre-Chalukyan.
Maharaja Sri Vikramendravarman, who was a member of the
family of Vishnukuijdins, issued a proclamation from his royal
residence at LendulQra granting the village of Rfigonram, which
was south-east to the village of Ravireva on the bank of the river
Krishnabenna (Krishna) in the Natripati district, to the Soma-
girllvaranaiha temple.
The grant was made on the fifth day in the eighth fortnight of
the summer season in the tenth year of the king’s reign. No other
date is given. The Maharaja’s grandfather is stated to have been
connected with the family of Vakatas, which flourished towards
the end of the seventh and in the eighth century A.D. This record
may not be later than the eighth century A.D.
(Ep. Ind., 1896-97. Vol. rv, p. I 93 -)
MISCELLANEOUS.
Miscellaneous 1 .
Three copper-plates received from the Collector of Ganjam, in

whose office they were unclaimed. They are strung on a ring, the
ends of whifh are secured by means of a seal bearing in relief
a couchant bull facing the proper right and the legend ‘iri
Suinyubhttasya
The inscription i§ in Sanskrit, the script employed being ‘the
acute-angled type with nail heads which formed the transition
from the Gupta to the Nsgait alphabet.
During the reign of Maharajadhiraja Saiaiika-Raja, his
Samanta Maharaja (tributary king) Madhavaraja II of the SllOd-
bhava family gave the village of Chhavalakkhaya, in the Krishna-
giri-vishaya, toa learned Brahman named Chharampasvamin, at an
eclipse of the sun.
The order declaring the grant was issued from his capital
Kohgeda on the banks of the river Salima. Professor Kielhorn has
identified Kohgeda with Kong-u-to of Hiuen-Tsiang. This
Saiafikaraja is probably identical with Saâhka, the King of
Karnasuvarna, who according to Hiuen-Tsiang murdered Rajya-
vardhana, the elder brother and predecessor of the great king
Harsha of Thanfisar.
The grant was made in the Gupta year 300 (A.D. 619- 20).
(Ep. Ind., 1900-01, Vol. VI, p. 143.)
Miscellaneous 2 .

They are strung on a ring having a worn out seal.
The -inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being
Chalukyan.
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The plates record that, at the request of his chief Indra, Raja
PrithivimQla, son of Maharaja Prabhakara Visruta, gave the village
of Chuyipaka, having constructed an agrahara to forty-three
families of Brahmans, who studied the Atharva-Vfida.
The grant was issued from the city of Kandali. The village
granted was situated in the Talupaka-vishaya.
The grant was made on the third day in the month of Vaiiakha
in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of PrithivimQla.
(S.L.I.. No. 78.)

[RB.R.A.S., 1883—85, Vol. XVI, p. 114.]
Miscellaneous 3 .

Ganjam. On
to its proper right is soldered a seal, half of which
sticks to the plate, while the other half projects beyond The
seal bears in relief on the countersunk surface the legend 'Srimad
Dandimahadivi.' Above the legend is a couchant bull facing the
proper right with the sun and moon and a conch-shell above it.
Below the legend is a lotus flower with two lines between them.
Nagarl used in Northern India.
Queen Dandimahadevi who was a descendant of the family of
King Ummattasiiiiha and ruled over the country of DakshinakOsala,
issued from the royal camp at Guhfi^varapaiaka a charter by
which the village of Villa situated in KohgOda-mandala, was
granted to her door-keeper Dhavaja an immigrant from Viijgi-
pataka, on the occasion of a sankrdnti.
The grant is dated the fifth day of the dark fortnight in the
month of Margaslrsha in the year 180. It is not known to what era
this year 180 belongs.
Appended to the above grant there is another inscription which
records that a quarter of the village of Villa was given by Dhavaja
to several Brahmans on the occasion of a sonkrdnti.
(S.L.I.. No. 217.)
(Ep. Ind., 1900-01. Vol. VI, p. 133.)
Miscellaneous 4 .
A single copper-plate received from the Collector of Ganjam.

On to its proper right is soldered a seal as in the previous ^plate.
The legend bears in relief across the centre the legend, Srimad '
Dandimahadevi Above the legend is a couchant bull facing the

’.
proper right with the sun, moon and a conch-shell above. To the
right and left of the bull is a chamara (fly-whisk). Below the
legend is a lotus flower.
Nagarl used in Northern India.
Queen DandimahadCvi, a descendant of the family of King
Ummattasimha, issued from the royal camp at Guhesvarapataka a
charter by which the village of Garasambha. situated in the
Arttani-vishaya in Kongodamandala to a Brahman named
PurushOttama, on the auspicious occasion of Uttardyana (the summer
solstice).
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The grant is not dated.

(S.L.L, No. 216.)
(Ep. Ind., 1900-01, Vol. VI, p. 140.]
Miscellaneous 5 .
Three copper-plates received from the Collector of Ganj^m.

The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being NSgail
used in Northern India.
The plates, record the sale of the village of TatesvaragrSma,
and mention SrlabhahjadSva and some chiefs born in the Naga
family.
No mention is made of any date and the character is of about
the thirteenth century A.D.
(A.R.M.E., 1916-17, App. A, No. Il— G.O. No. 1035,
Home (Education), lOth August 1917. p. 9.]
Miscellaneous 6.
Three copper-plates found in the village of Vasanta in the
SrTiigavarapukOta taluk of the Vizagapatam district and received
from the Collector of that district in 1900. They are strung on a
ring without a seal.
The opening verse is in Sanskrit and the rest of the inscription
is in Telugu. The script employed is Telugu.
The plates record the grant of the village of Batteru on the
Vam&adhara river by a chief named Mukunda, son of Bahubalendra,
who traced his descent from the moon. The grant was made in
the temple at SrikQrmam in favour of Vehkatacharya and other
Vaishnava Brahmans.
The grant was made on the thirtieth day in the month of Pushya
in the year Manmadha, 1517. (27th January 1596 A.D.)
PETTY CHIEFS AND ZAMFNDA'RS.

Petty Chiefs and Zamlndars 1 .

The sun and moon and the Vaishnava marks are engraved on the
top of the plate.
When Virapratapa SadasivadSva MahadSvarayulu ruled at
Vijayanagara, Krishnaraya of Anaguhdi gave an agrahara and
two villages to two Brahmans Ramacharya and BhTmacharya for
teaching Brahmans of the Madhva community.
The grant was made on the fifth tithi in the .dark fortnight in
the month of Pushya in the year Akshayai S. 1186. o. 1186
corresponds to the cyclic year Raktaksha, which preceded
Akshaya by one year. The given data correspond to l8th
December 1266 A.D.
(S.L.L, No. 1 13.)
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Petty Chiefs and Zamlndars 2 .

Telygu.
Sriman Namaya-Nayaka who ruled over the country extending
from the banks of the river Gautama to the Kaliiiga kingdom with
his capital at Pithapurl, while on the bank of the holy Godavari,
gave the village of DonepQndi, having renamed it PrOlOra and
constructed an agrahtra, to a Brahman named Ganapati, who
was well versed in the Vedas.
The grant was made on Sunday, the full-moon day in the month
of Bhadrapada in S,. 1259. {The probable date will be 30th
August 1338 A.D.). S. 1259 is a mistake for S. 1260.
[Ep. Ind., 1896-97, Vol. IV, p. 356.]
Petty Chiefs and Zamindars 3 .

The plates record that Davaraya Vodaya Garu gave the village
of Tiruvidu, which was in the bed of the tank named Karakili and
which lay on the northern bank of the river Pinaki (Pennar), in the
Pankanadu district, in the Udayagiri kingdom, to God AhOba-
leSvara of Tiruvidu, by pouring water in the hands of Purushotta-
mayya, who was a temple servant.
This Devaraya Vodaya was the ruler of the Udayagiri kingdom,
and was the son of Parvataraya and grandson of Ramachan-
draraya.
The grant was made on the fifteenth day in tl\e bright fortnight
Inthe montf) of Kartika in the year Parthiva, S. 1357. This is a
mistake for S. 1327 (6th November 1405 A.D.).
(A.R.M.E., 1906 -07, App. A, No. 2— G.O. No. 503, Public,
27th June 1907, p. 10.)
[U. Nel. Dist., 190s. Vol. I, p. 8.)
A singlecopper-plate received from the Collector of Madura.

The plate records an order issued by the Pandaram of Todukuli
MQttaraia to KuppaySndi Pillai appointing him as an accountant
for the seven villages, owned by the former, and In lieu of salary
therefor he was given certain plots in wet and dry lands in each
of those villages and was allowed also to collect a tax of two
fanams from rich ryots and onefanam from petty ryots.
The order was dated the fourteenth day in the month of Adi in
the year ârvarl, Kollam 775 (13th July 1600 A.D.).
{S.L.I., No. 63.)
A single brass-plate received from the Collector of Godavari.

6o
The plate records that Sadaîva Vijtarana Rayanihgaru gave the

village of Nallapajli to the temple of Sttaramasvami in the village
of Parnaiala, in the taluk of Bhadrachalam, on the occasion of a
lunar eclipse.
JySshtha in the vear Durmati, S- I549. The cyclic year Durmati
corresponds to S. 1543 (25th May I62I A.D.).
Petty Chiefs and ZamindSrs 6.
A single copper-plate received from the Collector of South

Kanara.
The language and script of the inscription are Kanarese.
The plate records that Sn SankaridevT, sister of Vrra Narasimha
Lakshmapparasa Bangir, constructed a tank and a mutt in a garden
east of Kodayal fort, and granted a plot of land yielding one
hundred and fifty mudis of rice to Dasanna, son of Yellappa Nayaka,
for the maintenance of the mutt-
The grant was made on the fifth titJii in .the dark fortnight in
the month of Kartika in the year Subhanu, S. 1565 (2lst October
1643 A.D.).
(S-L-L. No. 103.)
Petty Chiefs and Zemindars 7.

Kanara.
Both the language and script of the inscription are Kanarese.
The plate records the grant of two villages Pudu and Amrapadi
to Vehkatapati Deva by Viranarasimha Sankaridevi, sister of
Lakshmapparasa Bangara.
According to the South Kanara District Manual, these Bangarfls
were Jain ruling chiefs of NandavSr territory ip South Kanara
but this Bangara is stated to be a devotee of Siva in the plate.
These two villages even now exist.
The grant was.made on the first day in the month of Kartika in
the yearTarana, S. 1566 C2Ist October 1644 A.D.l
(S.L.I., No. 104.)
Petty Chiefs and Zamindars 8.

The plate records that SrTmat Masai Fakir Kulasfikhara Abdull
Mallik gave certain lands in the village of TarapQrto a mosque at
SultanpQr, a village in the AdOni taluk of the Bellary district.
The grant was made on the twelfth lilhi in the dark fortnight
in the month of Vaiâkha in the year Pramadicha, S. 1586. This
Saka year should have been 1595 as Pramadicha fell on that year.
f3rd May 1673 A.D.)
(S.L.I., No. 131.)

6i
The plate records that Srlmat Masai Fakir Kulasekhara Abdull

Mallik gave a plot of land in the village of Maraidkala to a mosque
at Sultanpur.
Maralakala may be the modern Marali in the AdOni taluk.
The grant was made on the twelfth tithi in the dark fortnight
in the month of Vaiiakha in the, year Pramadicha, S. 1586.
This cyclic year Pramadicha fell on S. 1595 (3rd May 1673 A.D.l.
(S.L.L, No. II6.)
Petty Chiefs and Zamlndirs 10.

Bellary.
The plate records that Srlmat Masai Fakir Kulaickhara Abdull
Mallik gave certain lands in the village of Sidlatala to a mosque
AdOni taluk of the Bellary district.
at SultanpQr, in the
The grant was made on the twelfth tithi in the dark fortnight in
the month of VaiSakha in the year Pramadicha, S. 1586 (3rd May
1673 A.D.) Vide remarks on date in the previous plate.
(S.L.I., No. II8.)
Petty Chiefs and Zamlndars 11.
A single copper-plate received from the Collector of Bellary,

Both the language and spript of the inscription arc Kanarese.
The plate records that Srrmat Masai Fakir Kulaiekhara Abdull
Mallik gave certain lands in the village of Kaichagarai to a
mosque at SultanpQr.
The grant was made on the twelfth tithi in the dark fortnight
in the month of VaiSakha in the year Pramadicha, S. 1586 (3rd
May 1673 A.D.). Vide remarks on date in No. 8.
(S.L.I., No. 130.)
Petty Chiefs and Zamlndars 12.

The plate records that Srlmat Masai Fakir Kula:»ekhara Abdull
Mallik gave certain lands in the village of Tapti to a mosque at
SuljanpQr.
The grant was made on the thirteenth tithi in the d^rk fortnight
in the month of Magha in the year Pramadicha, S. 1586 (23rd
February 1674 A.D.>. Vide remarks on date in No. 8.
Petty Chiefs and Zammdars 13.

The plate records that Srlmat Masai Fakir Ku'aiCkhara Abdull
Mallik gave certain lands in the village of HitikadapQr to a
mosque at SultanpQr.
The grant was made on the thirteenth tithi in the d,ark fortnight
in the month of Magha in the year Pramadicha, S. 1586 (23rd
February 1674 A.D.). Vide remarks on date in No. 8.
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Petty Chiefs end Zammdars 14.

A single copper-plate received from the District Judge, Trichi-
nopoly, in 1912-13-
Kachhi Kalyana Rahgappa Kalaka Tola VodaySru who was
the Zamindar of the tract of country lying between the UttarakavOrl
and the Svetanadi (Vellar) gave the village of AmuttarShgota to the
temple of Arunajat 54 vara at Sri Talvanam, otherwise known as
TirQppanendal, for the regular conduct of certain kattalai, unAXo
the temple of Krishnesvara in the same place for the regular
performance of uchhikalapuja. This village was situated in the
ZamTndari tract between the two rivers.
The grant was made on the fifteenth d:^y in the month of
Magha in the year Kalayukti (Kalayukta), S. 1600, Kali. 4779
(16th January I679 A.D.).
(A.R.M.E., App. A, No. 3 —G.O. No. 919, Public,
29th July 1912, p. 13.)

Two copper-plates, hinged together, which were received from
the Collector of Godavait.
Raja Ganapati Raja Jagannatha Raju, a ^mindar, gave a plot
of land in BiUangS taluk to certain Brahmans for the increase of
virtue to his forefathers.
The grant is dated Thursday, the tenth of the month of
Aivayuja iathe year Raktakshi, S. 1606 (9th October 1684 A.D.).
Petty Chiefs sod Zammdars 16.

The plate records the order issued by Kondappanayanigaru,
son of Appa Nayudu, and who was styled Rajaminya Rajadhiraja,
cancelling the lease granted to Kaparu Saiigayya over a plot of
land in the village of Pennagacherla, as he failed to pay a kist of
twenty varahas per year and transferring it in favour of Rachi
Re<Jdi, who was willing to pay the kist regularly and who paid
eighty varahas, the arrears due from the former.
The order was issued on the panchamt tithi in the bright fort-
night in the month of MargasTrsha in th? year Vikari, 1642.
The cyclic year Vikari corresponds to S. 1641 {5th December
1719A.D.).
(S.L.I.,No. II9.)
Petty Chiefs and Zamindars \ 7 .
Two copper-plates received from the District Court, Madura, in

1898. These arc the first and third plates of a complete set and
the second is missing.
^th the language and script of the inscription are Tamil.
Sinnakkadira Appanayaka gave the village of Soundararaja
Sinnakkadira BhQpala Samudram to the learned men of the same
village.
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Information regarding the date and object of the grant is not

available as the second plate is missing. The last portion of the
document, while stating that it records a gift, also states that it is a
sale deed.
R. Sewell has stated that this grant was made in the cyclic
year Saumya, S. 1651, Kali. 4830 (A.D. 1729), when Vijaya Raiiga
Chokkanatha ruled at Madura, and that this Sinnakkadira
Appanayaka was a chief who resided near Dindigul.
{S.L.L. No. 33.)
Petty Chiefs and Zamlodirs 18.

The plate records the arrangement made by Raja Venkatrayar,
the Zamihdar, the people, and the watchman of the Zamthdari of
Vattalakundu VairavanayakanQr, otherwise known by the name of
VirabhQpalasamudram, for creating a fund for maintaining an
establishment of six music players for service in the temple of
VUvanatha and Viâlakshi at Vattalakundu.
In addition to the usual imprication at the end of inscriptions,
there is one against Muhammadans, that if any one would disturb
this charity, he would incur the sin of eating a pig at Mecca and
of vilifying Alla.
The grant is dated the l8th of Avani in the year RudhirOdgari,
S- I 66 S (19th August 1743 A.D.).
(S.L.L, No. 6a)

A single copper-plate which has been preserved in the Museum
and has no history.
The language and script of the inscription are Tamil.
The plate records that Vampiriyar, having encamped at
MorappQr, sold the village of Arftjimandar belonging to Gingee
Fort, to Madiriya Gaunden of COnjeeveram for fifty-one pagodas.
The deed is dated the fifth day in the month of Adi in the year
Vihhava. This cyclic year Vibhava fell on A.D. 1748, 1808. Most
probably the plate might have been issued on 5th July 1748 A.D.
Petty Chiefs and Zamindirs 20.

Trichinopoly in 1912-13.
Muttu Vijaya Raiigappa Kalaka Tola VodaySru gave a portion
of land in the village of Sendorai to the SabhanSyaka temple at
Chidambaram for the regular daily performance of uchchikalapuja.
The donor was a chief ruling over the country lying between
the Uttarakaverl and the Svetanadt (Vellar).
The grant was njade on the twentieth day in the month of Ani
in the year Krodhi, S. 1706, Kali.4885 (30th June 1784 A.D.).
{A.R.M.E., 1911-12, App. A, No. 4— G.O. No. 919, Public,
29th July 1912, p. 13.)
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Petty Chiefs eod ZsmindSrs 21.

A single copper-platc received from the Collector of Bellary.
The plate records that at the request of the inhabitants of the
village of Bagfihalli, Hasarat Khan Sahib, a Muhammadan chief,
settled the dispute on the boundary line between the Rayadurgam
taluk of the Bellary district and the MoUkalamOru taluk in the
Mysore territory and fixed the boundary marks.
The settlement was made on the trayddasi tithi in the bright
fortnight in the month of Margaslrsha in the year Plavahga,
S. 1709 {22nd December 1787 A.D.).
(S.L.I., No. 126.)
A single copper-plate which has been in the Museum without a

history.
The language and script of the inscription are Tamil.
The plate records the arrangement made by Saravanai Setty,
agent of Asatu Kepilai Nawab with two Gurukkals for collecting
quit-rent and other.taxes from the houses constructed in the lands
belonging to the Siva temple on a hill in the country of AmQr-
kuthandahii Karikali on the northern bank of the riv.er KSven, and
for the regular performance of worship in the said Siva temple on
every Friday from the income accrued thereby.
The arrangement tyas made on the fifth day in the month of Adi
in the year Saumya, S. 1711, Kali. 4790 (17th July 1789 A.D.).

A single copper-plate received from the District Court, Chingle-
put.
His Highness. Sri Kuppuchandu Sahib was pleased with the
services done by Sivandapada Setti of ArikOshtl Puduppettai, and
gave him a palanquin and five kSnis of land to meet the pay of the
bearers. He was also given Hl^dni of salt pan, and was authorized
to collect certain taxes on all grains and foodstuffs sold in his
village. He was also exempted from certain taxation.
There are signatures in Hindustani, which read “ Subha Arcot
Sundar Sahib, Huzarat Miran Sahib, Kod Sirraho.”
The grant is dated the twenty-fifth day in the month of
PurattaSi in the year Pramadicha. The plate may perhaps belong
to 7th October 1793 A.D.
(S.L.I., No. 16.)
[T.S.I., 1886, p. 158.]
Petty Chiefs and Zamtndirs 24.

Madara in 1911-12.
The plate records that RaJaya Papdyanar, Zamindar of
BodinayakanQr, fixed the boundary line between Agamalai and
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Kottakudy by constructing four mahals and by the erection of

demarcation stones. This charter was given to four manradis of
the village of Agamalai.
The document is dated the twenty-fifth day in the month of
Tai in the year KrOdhana, Fasli 1213 (A.D. 1805 06).
(A.R.M.E., 1910-11, App. A, No. 13— G.O- No. 832, Public,
28th July 1911, p. 16.)
Petty Chiefs and Zatnmdars 25 .
A single copper-plate received from the Collector of Trichino-

poly.
The plate records the arrangement made by Vijaya VehkatS-
chala Reddiar, Zamindar of TuraiyQr in the'.Trichinopoly district,
with regard to the burial and burning ground of his town^ A
certain plot was divided into two blocks and two Vettiyans, Alan
and Mokkan, were placed in charge of them. It was arranged that
they should divide the revenues in the ratio of two to one, and
that Mokkan should pay Alan Rs. 20-10-8 out of the total amount
of Rs. 62 ’spent by sirkar in dividing the burial-ground, with
interest at one pmiam for every ten rupees per mensem.
The arrangement was made in the year Akshaya. No details
regarding date are given. As Vijaya Vehkatachala Reddiar lived
in the beginning of the last century, this record might have been
issued in the year 1806 A.D. as it corresponds to the cyclic year
Akshaya (Kshaya).
Petty Chiefs and Zammdars 26 .
A single copper-plate received from the Collector of Tanjore.

The plate records that Krishija Pannikkandar, Zamfndar of
TerkQr, gave the village of Panafij 5 ri as SrOtriyam to the temple
of ViSvanatha Svami to meet the cost of daily worship and
offerings, with the exception of a portion, which was given to
Siva Raya Ayyar. a Brahman of the village of Gandharva Kottai,
for the conduct of pOja in the temple. It is also recorded that out
of the tax payable to the Zaniindari some Brahmans must be fed

on all dvihlast days.
The grant was made on the new-moon day whiqh fell on the
fifth day in the month of Tai in the year Sarvajit, S. 1749, Kali.
4928 (23rd December 1827 A.D.).
Petty Chiefs and Zammdars 27 .
A single copper-plate received from the Collector of Ganjam.

Both the language and script of the inscription are Uriya.
Maharaja $rl Jagannatha NSrayana Gajapati Kshetrapati
gave the village of Goberayanavalaia to JOgi Raju on condition
that he must pay an annual kist of Rs. 50 in cash and twenty
garces of paddy.
This patta was issued on the eighth tithi in the dark fortnight
in the month of Magha in the year Vilambi, the eighth year of
the Maharaja’s reign.
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A single copper-plate received from the District Judge, Trichi-
nopoly, in 1912-13. It contains two inscriptions, one on each side.
Both the language and script of the inscriptions are Tamil.
The first inscription records the gift of two bullocks to the
temple of Subrahmanyasvami in Ayipalaiyam by the agent of
Nallappa Kalatka-To)ar, named Muttu Vaidyanatha Pill.ai having
made them tax-free wherever they were taken, carrying loads.
The gift was made on the thirtieth day in the month of Aippaî
in the year Bhava, Mcdinlmaharayar S. 12/2.
The second inscription records the gift to the same temple by
Vadiiganatha Pillai of a cow for the maintenance of a lamp.
The gift was made on the twenty-seventh day in the month of
Tai in the year Vikrama, six years after the first grant.
(A.R.M.E., 1911 12, App. A, No. 2— G.O. No- 919, Public,
29th July 1912, p. 13.)

Thirteen copper-plates received from the Collector of Tanjore.
They are in the shape of a palm-leaf manuscript and are provided
with holes on one side to be strung by means of a ring. Some
plates are missing.
The following information is available from the existing plates.
Certain Pantlyan and Cho)a kings gave Msnatfarayan, a chieftain,
a tract of country near Aduthurai. A
Muhammadan ruler defeated
the Chrt’a king and established his seat of government at Canpa-
nQr near Trichinopoly. He tried to capture MSnattarayan, who
fled to Nartamalai but subsequently became friends with him. The
Muhammadan king defeated the Pandyan king at Alagapuri,
defeated Govinda at Trichinopoly and pillaged the countries of
Vallam and Ambil.
The plates are not dated.
PRIVATE GRANTS.
Private grant 1.
A single brass-plate received from the Collector of North

Arcot. A triangular brass-plate with the figure of Kamakshram-
man with the sun and moon on cither side and five human figures
which appear to be intended for the five artisans mentioned in the
plate is soldered to the top.
The following incident is recorded: Five Panchalattars, who
were the leading men of the hlangai section of the five artisan castes
made a car of bell-metal for taking in procession the goddess
KamakshI, round the streets of Cpnjeeveram While the car was
being drawn a magician SCnia Sihgappuli of the Valangai section
stopped it by incantations. When the Panchalattars were at a
loss to know what to do, goddess KamakshI told them in a dream
that a magician might be brought from Cochin. A
messenger was
accordingly sent and Mangammal, wife of a Kambalattan, offered
to draw the car with the help of her son. The latter with his
6;
father and mother came to Conjeevcram and found by incantations

that several demons had been set up to restrain the car and that the
magic could be averted only by offering a human sacrifice. The
Panchalattars were, not prepared for it. The son was thinking of
some device, when Senia Siiigappuli intentionally picked up a quar-
rel with him, and a dispute arose as to their superiority. To settle
this, the Panchalattars chained both of them, put them in a room
and set fire to its roof but both came out unhurt. They were then
tied in bags of chunam, the mouths of which were tied and the bags
were then thrown in a river, but both escaped unhurt. Both
appeared to be of equal capacity. They tried to establish their supe-
riority in another way. A sflla was set up in front of the KamakshT
temple and the son was placed horizontally over it. He remained
there unhurt for three days. But Siiigappuli set up a ^Qla in front
of the Ekambaresvara temple and had him placed over the ^Qla.
His body went down through the sQla and he died suddenly.
The son having proved himself to be superior tried to draw the
car by incantations, but he did not succeed. He then decided to
sacrifice his second wife, who came to the car in yellow robes after
finishing pflja. Her neck was cut and the head was hnng on the
top of the car and her entrails were offered as a prey to the demons.
Having thus satisfied the demons the son tied one end of a thread
to the car and another to his nose. With the help of his mantrams
he was able to draw the car in the twelve streets of Conjeevcram.
The five Panchajattars were very much pleased with this and
jointly executerl this deed, binding themselvesand every household
of their community to pay the son annually a quarter varaha and
two marakflls of rice.
This happened at a time when the Chola empire extended
from (^njeeveram to Comorin and from Nagoor to Pajani.
This record was issued on tlje eleventh day in the month of
VaikaSi in the year Sarvadhari, S. 1098, Kali. 4421. These cyclic
and Kaliyuga years do not correspond.
The given data work out to 4th May 1168 A.D., but the cha-
racters are too modern for this date. This document is evidently
a forgery.
28th July 1910. p. 15.)
Private grant 2 .
A single copper-platc received from the Collector of Trichino-

poly. The saivite emblems and the figures of the sun and moon and
of five human figures are soldered to the top part of the plate.
The plate records that a body of five artisans was working a mint
established by Kasi Raja (a Chola king ?) and that Rama Raja and
AngOti Raja who were supervising the institution had confiscated
four lakhs of nipees. These two were ordered by the king to be
beheaded, but saved by the five artisans who promised to make good
the loss. To make up the amount they raised certain taxes among
the members of their community.
The Chola empire is said to have extended
at that time as far as
Pajani hills on the west, Kanchipura on the north and Nagoor on
the east.
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The record is dated t,he eleventh day in the month of Vaikaii

in theyear Sarvadhari, S. 1098, Kali. 4421. This cyclic and Kali-
yuga year^ do not correspond. The cyclic year Sarvadhari corre-
sponds to S. 1090 and to Kali. 4269. The given data would then
correspond to 4th May II68 A.D, The characters are quite modern
and they cannot be ascribed to S. IO98. This is evidently a forgery.
(A.R.M.E., 1908-09, App. A, No. I— G.O. No. 538. Public,
28th July 1909, p. 11.)
Private grant 3.
A single copper-plate received from the District Judge of Madura.

The plate records a document by which the inhabitants of the
town of Tondi, constructed a mutt, opened a flower garden, and
appointed Nllakanjha Pandaram as their keeper on the understand-
ing that he would receive as salary one pattai-sada (food) every day
from the mutt.
The record is.dated the seventh day in the month of MaSi in the
year Aiigirasa, S. 1 105 (30th January 1184 A. D.). This cyclic and
Saka years do not correspond. The characters are quite modern
and the plate appears therefore to be a forgery.
Private grant 4.
A single copper-plate received from the Collector's office,

Chinglcput.
The plate records a sale-deed executed by Muttu Nayaka convey-
ing half the portion of the lands owned by him in the village of
Veljotiai in the district.of Chandragiri in the province of Toijdai-
mandalam to Bomniu Setty for one hundred and twenty-five (new
pulicat) pagodas.
This happened during the reign of Vira Siiiga RSyar Deva
Maharayar, who is described as the destroyer of the army of the
Muhammadans.
The deed was executed on the twenty-first day in the month of
MaSi year Plava, S. 1349, Kali. 4517 (isth February 1428
in the
A.D.). The cyclic year Plava is a mistake for Plavanga as S.
1349 corresponds to the latter.
(S.L.I., No. 148.)
(T.S.I., 1886, p. 148.)
Private grant 5.
on lOth July 1858.
The plate records a sale-deed executed by Muttiappa Nayaka,
conveying half of the portion of the village of Krishna Oda.i owned
by him in the district of Chandragiri to Avani Settiappa Setty for
one hundred and fifteen new pulicat pagodas.
This happened during the reign of Vira Singa Raya Deva
Maharayar, who is described as the destroyer of the hosts of
Muhammadans.
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The deed is dated the .twenty-fourth day in the month of

Chittirai in the year Vikari, S. 1351, Kali. 4519 As the cyclic year
-
Vikari and the 1341 agree with each other, the given data would
iQth April 1419 A.D.
(S.L.I. No. 145 )
[T.S.I., 1886, p. 150.)
Private grant 6.

Chingleput.
The plate records the sale-deed executed by the Gurukkals
(priests! of the temple of.UmaiyavarTiruverriyflr UdaiySr NSyanar
in favour of Vanniya SinnapiUai Tandri, who accompanied SrT
Sankaracharya svamigal on his tour, conveying the possession of
the whole village of Sattankadu and the privileges and rights of
worship owned by them in the temples in the villages of Madaru.
OndiyQr and NittiyQr, to the latter for seven hundred and fifty
pagodas.
This happened when Vallabha Maharaja ruled the country
from Kanchimandalam to Yerumandalam (Ceylon). This Vallabha
Maharaja was probably the King of Kanchl, who refused to give
his daughter to the King of Orissa, who conquered Kanchl in
1450 A.D. and defeated the former in revenge.
This deed was executed in the presence of Srt Sankaracharya
on the twenty-eighth day in the month of Vaikaii in the year
Bhava, S. 1377 (24th May 1454 A.D.). S. 1377 should have been
1376.
(S.L.I., No. 21.)
(T.S.L. 1886, p. 152.1
Private grant 7.

Arcot.
The plate records how between two PoSaris
a dispute arose
(priests) and how it was settled.incident was as follows
The :
On the twenty-sixth day in the month of Adi in the year

Parthiva, a festival was celebrated in the Kanniar temple in
Sannaîpakkam. While the pu&ari of this temple was cutting the
throat of a goat as an offering to the deity, a drop of blood fell on
another man, who was the puiSri of a temple in the adjoining
village. The latter was irritated and a quarrel arose between the
two, which ended in a dispute as to the right of jumping into
the fire during the festival. Each claimed that the right belonged
exclusively to his own temple. The matter was enquired into by
the ruler of Gingee, who ordered that the pQsari who claimed the
right should go round the town with a red hot iron ball in his hand
or to lose his head if he was not prepared to do so. The pQâri of
the Kanniar temple consented and did so accordingly, in the
presence of several people. The other pleaded his inability. It
was then declared that the right belonged to the former. To

commemorate this event the ruler of Gingee granted this plate to
the puâri of the Kanniar temple.
This happened at a time when the following kings ruled :
(1) Pravidadeva Maharaya (Praudhadeva).

(2) Malhkarjunadeva Maharaya.
(3) Virupakshadeva Maharaya.
(4) Vamadeva Maharaya.
(5) Narasingadeva Maharaya.
(6) Tirumalaideva Maharaya.
(10)
(7) Varadadcva Maharaya.
(8) Krishnadeva Maharaya.
(9) Gbvindadeva Maharaya.
Ramadeva Maharaya.
This plate was given on the tenth day in the month of Tai
,
in
the year Parthiva, S. 1386 (6th January 1466 A.D.).
Private grant 8.
Four copper-plates received from the Collector’s office, Nellore.

The ring on which they were strung is missing.
This is a document recording the settlement of a dispute be-
tween the Vaiiyas and the two upper classes, the Kshatn'yas and
the Brahmans, regarding certain rights at the temple of Sri Sailam
in the Kurnool district by which the VaiSyis were granted certain
privileges.
The settlement was made on the SivarSthri day in the dark fort-
night in the month of Magha in the year Parthivaj 1387 (13th
February 1466 A,D,).
(S.L.L No. 96).
Private grant 9.

Chingleput, on loth July 1858.
The plate records a decree given by a committee of four
arbitrators in the matter of a dispute between Manna Kadamba
Mudaliyar and Kanchivayal Jjluttiyappa Mudaliyar, regarding
the possession of the village of Sinnakamana in Ponnagarl.
This village is north-east of PonnCri.
The plate is dated the seventeenth day in the month of Avani
in the year Napdana, Kali. 4434, S. 1456. Kali. 4434 is a mistake
for 4633, and S. 1456 should have been 1454. The given data
correspond to T6ih August 1532 A.D.
(S.L.I., No. 146.)
[T.S.I.. 1886, p. 154.]
Private grant 10.

The plate records that, when Maharaja Sri Krishnarayadeva
ruled at Vijayanagara, the Gaudas of Gorantlu village emigrated
to SiddhapQr, formed a colony there with the help of the Gaudas
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of Pillehalli village and named it GOnchireddihalH. The king

fined the Gaucias of Pi).lchalli two hundred varahas and Ramanna
Gaudan and Mallanîa Gaudan, the principal men of that village,
sold a plot of land to the Gaudas of GonchireddihajH for two
hundred varahas in order to pay the fine imposed on the village.
The deed is dated the thirteenth titbi in the bright fortnight in
the month of ^ravana in the year Subhaknt. Two years are men-
tioned, 1080 according to Piss-abda and 1792 S. This Saka year
is incorrect. The date may probably correspond to I2th August
1543 A.D.
Private grant 11.
A single copper-plate in the shape of a palm leaf manuscript

was received from the High Court of Judicature, Madras, in I909.
Both the language and script of the inscription are Malayalam.
The plate records that Nflrayana NainbQdiri of PattOji 111 am in
Malayampalji village gave a plot of land east of Kuruvan hill on
which could be sown one hundred and three podis of seedlings and
thiny-five oxen for the maintenance of a woman named Madhavl
and her children.
The grant was made in the month of MTnam in the Kollam
year 742 {1567 a d.).
Private grant 12.

Madura.
Both th^ language and script of the inscription arc Tamil.
During the reign of Muthu Vijayaraghunatha Setupati the
aUars of VarahanCri who settled at Araianattam village and the
tervakaras of Siniiapaninattam, in conjunction with the Ambala-
karas of the four adjoining villages granted this document to a
Yadava, as authority for the lands he owned in VadamattQr.
These Kallars disputed the right of these SCrvakaras and to avoid
all future troubles alx>ut the ownership of his land, the Yadava
wanted that a copper-plate might be granted in the presence
of both the parties.
The plate was granted on the twenty-fifth day in the month of
Avani in the ycarHaya, S. 1525 (25th August 1594 A.D.). The
Saka year must have been 1516.
(S.L.I.. No. 31.)
Private grant 13.

The plate records the arrangements made for the settlement of
a dispute between three hereditary watchmen of Alagarkoil,
Madura district.
The record is dated the fifteenth day in the month of Tai in
the year Ananda, Kali. 4707. The cyclic year Anahda corresponds
to Kaliyuga year 4715 (I2th January 1615 A.D.).
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Private grant 14.
A single copper-plate received from the G>Ilector of South

Kanara on condition that it would be returned to him or to the
owner on demand.
plate records that Keladi VTrabhadra Nayaka gave a plot
The
pf land to the God Vehkateiaperumal that was worshipped at the
Satagopiah mutt in UppargCri village, for the regular conduct of
pQja and offerings.
The grant was made on the fifth tithi in the bright, fortnight in
the month of A^vayuja in the year Prajotpatti, S. 1554 (20th
September 1631 A.D.). The cyclic year Prajotpatti corresponds
to 1 ISS3-
(S.L.L, No. 106.)
Private grant 15.

The plate records a sale-deed executed by three merchants
named Timmarasayya, Laksharasayya and RachavQri in favour
of Anantasa Gaudi conveying a portion of land owned by them in
the village of Ko]legallu for having taken from the latter one
hundred varahas.
The deed was executed on the tenth day in the bri,ght fortnight
in the month of Pushya in the year Nandana, S. 1574 (29th
December 1652 A.D.)
(S.L.L, No. 112.)
Private grant 16.
A single copper-plate received from the District Judge, Madura,

in I9II-I2.
^ththe language and script of the inscription are Tamil.
plate records that Palani Idimba OdaySr was appointed
The
as the keeper of a mutt, constructed in Pajani town by public
subscription, and that certain specified fees were sanctioned for
its maintenance.
The record is dated the ninth day in the month pf Tai in the
year Plavaiiga, S. 1638, Kali. 4765. These Kali and Saka years do
not agree with each other and with the year Plavanga- The ninth
day in the month of Tai in the year Plavanga of that period
corresponds to 7th January 1668 A.D.
28th July 1911, p. 16.)
Private grant 17.
Asingle copper-plate received from the District Court of

Madura. Figures of Saivite gods and devotees are engraved on
the top of the plate.
A
mutt and a feeding choultry were constructed by Verna
Reddi of Tirupation the Palani hijt and arrangements were also
made for the regular conduct of worship in the mutt. All the
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members of the Reddi community agreed to. pay a tax for the
maintenance of these charities and authorized Sarvavanai Guruk-
kai to be their manager.
This happened during the reign of Mangammal who ruled
at Madura. The record is dated the’ twenty-fourth day in the
month of Marga.U in the year Akshaya, 5. 1728. This is a mistake
for 1608. The given data would then correspond to 23rd December
1686 A.D.
(S.L.I., No. 24.)
Private grant 18.

The plate records the arrangement made by Kailasa Muda-
liyar, moniagar of the village of Panchagramam in the Zamindari
of Vattalakundu VairavanayakanOr, for tlic regular conduct of the
daily midday worship in the temple of Kaî ViivCivara and Viia*
lakshi, by ordering that one fanam out of the zamindari portion
of the daily revenue from tolls, may be paid to the temple for the
said purpose.
The order was inade on the tenth day in the month of Avaiiii in
the year Ananda, (nth August A.D. 1734).
S. 1657
There is a second inscription in Tamil on the reverse of this
plate which records the arrangements made by eight leading
merchants of Vattalakundu for the regular conduct of the daily
pQja in the KaSi ViSvarQpa-ViSalakshi temple by levying a tax
on every shop.
This record i? dated the thirteenth day in the month of Tai in
the year Vikan, S. 1641 (nth January T720 A.D.).
(S.L.L, No. 65-A.)
Private grant 19.

The plate records a sale-deed executed by Malukanahalli
MalUreddi, conveying a portion of the pufija land owned by him
in the village of TambrahajM to Honnappa Gauda and Ramanpa
Gauda for seventy varahas.
The deed was executed on the tenth til/ii in the dark fortnight
in the month of Jyeshtha in the year Krodhi (probably 5th June
1724 A.D.).
(S.L.I., No. 1 14.)
Private grant 20.

in 1858. There are several figures, at the top and bottom, indica-
tive of royalty, including a match-lock with bayonet.
The plate records that Periya NamaSivaya NayanSr, watchman
of the tract of country comprising the districts of Madhuran-
takam, UttaramallQr and Puduchhcri, gave his grandsons
Chahdraiskhara, Dharmaraya, Rama, Lakshmana and Bhima
Nainar, certain villages for guarding the two districts of
74
Madhurantakam and Uttaramallur. It also contains a history of the

family of Periya NamaSivSya Nainarand states how the members
lost their appointment in UttaramallQr, how they went south and
again came north and got back their appointment.
The grant is dated the fourth day in the bright fortnight in the
month of VaiSakha in the year Plavahga, Kali. 4828 (14th April
1727 A.D.).
Private grant 21.
The plate records the monthly gift of 12/4 fanams by the
Village Munsiff and Karnam of the village of Vattalakundu,
Madura district, to the temple of ViSvcfevara and ViSalakshI to
meet the expenses of lighting all the lamps in the tiruvaî
attached to the doorway of the temple. Certain people of the
village also subscribed their mite for this charity.
The document is dated the second day in the month of Avaiji in
the year Virodhikrit, 5 1653 (3rd August I73I A.D.).
.
Private grant 22.

Arcot.
There are certain signatures in Tamil at the end of the inscription.
The plate records that the Mahajanas, Palayagars, Nattudars
and Kapus of the village of PullQrpattu situated in the VaUgonda-
puram ilma in- the division of Hyderabad, unanimously gave
certain plots of land in, each of the thirty*three villages, belonging
to PullQrpattu, for the Siva temples in Vriddhachalam situated on
the Mapimuttanadi (Vellar near Chidambaram). One-fourth part
of the lands was intended for the VriddhachaleSvarasvami temple
and three-fourths for the Mashapuitivarasvami temple.
The grant was made on the auspicious occasion of a lunar
eclipse, which happened on the fullmoon day in the month of
VaiUkha in the year Dundubhi, S. 1664, Kali. 4843 (8th May 1742
A.D.),
(S.L.L, No. 69.)
Private grant 23.

A single copper-plate produced by a private party in the High
Court of Judicature, Madras. It was left there unclaimed within
the prescribed time, and the Registrar sent this to the Assistant
Archasological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for
examination and deposit in the Museum.
The plate records that three persons RSmabhadra Ayya, Mma-
kshi Ayyar, and Ramaliiiga Pillai made over to one Kumarasvami
Pandaram a piece of land situated in Poygavalanadu on a river
bank to the west of Tirumanaljur for the conduct of pQja in the
temple of PonnarmSnivanar (Siva) at Tirumalapadi. The trust
was conveyed in accordance with a previous charter issued by Sn
Vijaya Oppilada Malavarayar of Tiramalai.
75
The grant was made on the twenty-fifth day in the month of

Margali.in the year Rudhirodgari. S. l662. (25th December 1743
A.D.) S. 1662 should have been 1665 as the cyclic year Rudhi-
rodgari fell in that year.
—
(A.R.M.E., 1909-10, App. A, Na 5 G.O. No. 665, Public,
28th July 1910, p. 15.)
Private grant 24.
Three copper-plates received from the Collector of South Arcot.

They are hinged together on their sides.
!^th the language and script of the inscription are Telugu.
The plates record that Raghunatha Nainar cpnstructed manda^
pas and prakaras (walls)to an already existing Siva temple and an
agrahara named Ipkanayakipuram, and gave the latter to several
Brahmans well versed in the Vcdas.
This village is situated near Ulundor in the South Arcot
district.
The grant is dated tl\e eighteenth day in the month of Chittirai
in the year Raktaksha, S. I666, Kali. 4845 (15th April 1744 A.D ).
(S.L.I.. No. 67.)
Private grant 25.
Asingle copper-plate received from the Collector of Madura.

The plate records that ,tn memory of the birth of their sons,
Garbhiyakkavandan and Sinigakkavapdan, leading men of the
Kajiar caste, ordered that a female cloth and a bed-sheet must be
given every year to certain men of their community and that hand-
fuls of kanji must be given to them whenever they go to their
house.
The order was issued on the twentieth day in the month of
VaikaSi in the year KrOdhana. Saka year is not given. The
characters are quite modern. The date may correspond to l 8 th
May 1745 A.D.
Private grant 26.

Itbears the emblems of the sun and moon.
The plate records a sale-deed executed byTirakana Gauda and
Konappa Basavana Gauda in favour of Nagireddipalli Muiali
Reddi for having sold a portion of land owned by them in
Kenchannapalli, Kadarampalli and other villages to the latter for
sixty Vehkatapati Nayaka varahas borrowed by them.
The deed was executed on the seventh day in the dark fortnight
in the month of Jyeshtha in the year Vibhava, S. 1670 (6th June
1748 A.D.).
(S.L.I., No. 127.)
Private grant 27.

Madura. Certain figures of kings and attendants and the Vaish-
nava emblems are engraved on the upper part of the plate.
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Both the language and script of the inscription are Tanlil.

Theplate records the ways and means adopted with the unani-
mous consent of the members of the PadaySchi caste in Madura
for financing the Dharma temple newly constructed by NachiySn
Padayflchi, in the waste land situated between the Maravan
Mandapa and the mosque in the east maSi street near the north
gOpura of the Madura Fort. This temple was constructed with the
permission of Khan Sahib who then ruled at Madura.
Muhammad Yusuf was then the Governor of Madura and
Muhammad Ali was the Nawab of the Carnatic.
Therecord was executed on the twenty-second day in the
,
month of Makara in the year Vishu, S. 1682 ,(3ist January 1762

A.D.). The cyclic year Vishu corresponds to S. 1683.
Private grant 28.

Asingle copper-plate received from the Collector of Bellary.
The plate records a sale-deed executed by two Barimi Reddis
of Malukanahalji conveying a third of the lands owned by them
in the village of MalukanahalH to Mallareddi for seventy-five
varahas.
The deed was executed on the third tithi in the bright fortnight
in the month of Ashadha in the year SubhanQ. (Probably 13th July
1763 A.D.)
(S.L.I., No. I 34-)
Private grant 29.

A single brass-plate received from the Collector of Kurnool. It
records three grants, two on one side and one on the other.
The language and script of all the inscriptions are Telugu.
These are grants made by private persons and the name of the
king who ruled at that time is not stated.
The first inscription records thatGolkonda Appa Nayudu and
Rama Nayudu gave a plot of land owned by them to a Brahman
named BhTma Virayya.
The grant was made onthe tenth tithi in the bright fortnight in
the month of Jyeshtha in the year Vyaya, S. 1688 (17th June
1766 A.D.). Appa Nayudu and Rama Nayudu are stated to be
Mahanayakas.
The second records that YelattOr Reddilu Karanalu granted a
plot of land to the same Bhima Virayya.
The grant was made on the second tithi '\n th? bright fortnight
in the month of Chaitra, in the year Sarvari, S. 1702 (6th April
1780 A.D.).
The third records that Vijanayamula Reddilu Karanalu gave a
plot of land to Jana Vira Dgva.
The grant âs made on the tenth tithi in .the dark fortnight in
the month of Sravana in the year Sarvari, S. 1702 (25th August
1780 A D.).
(S.L.I., No. 97 A
and B.)
Private grant 30.

//
"fhe plate records a sale-deed by which Bellary Malliietti sold

a portion of his land to Gudayakkal Paniyappa for seventy-five
varahas-
The deed was executed on the tenth day in the, bright fortnight
in the month of Sravapa in the year ParTdhavi. Saka year is not
given. (Probably 28th July 1792 A-D.)
(S.L.I.. No. 115.)
Private grant 31.

There are two inscriptions, one on each side.
Both the language and script of the inscriptions areTelugu.
The first side records the sannad granted by twelve village
officers to Gauni Pami Reddi restoring him the lands granted to
him for certain services in the Gharmaghatta village on certain
conditions.
The sannad was granted on the thirteenth tiihi ip the dark
fortnight in the month of Jycshtha in the year Naja, S. 1718 (2nd
July 1796 A.D.).
The second side contains the sannad granted by four leading
men of the same village to Gauni Pami Reddi under the same
conditions-
The date is the same as that on the first side.
(S.L.I., No. 121.)
Private grant 32.
A singlecopper-plate received from the Collector of Bellary.

There are two deeds of settlement one on each side.
Both the language and script of the inscriptions are Telugu.
The first side contains a deed executed by Rangasamudram
Pami Reddi Gauda in favour of Mallana Gone conveying freely
half the portion of his lands in the villages of Rangasamudram,
KottapaUi and Jallepalli for the enjoyment of the latter.
The deed is dated the second tithi in the bright fortnight in the
month of ASvauja in the year Pingala, S. 1719 (22nd September
1797 A.D.I
The second side contains the deed executed by Mallana Gone
in favour of Rangasamudram Pami Reddi Gauda conveying freely
half the portion of his lands in the village of Toti, for the enjoy-
ment of the latter.
This deed is of the same date as that of the other.
(S.L.L, No. 125.)
Private grant 33.

The plate records the following On the twelfth lillii in the
bright fortnight in the month of Magha in the year Parthiva the
grant of a field and a well in the village of PadalavapallS, was
made to MalUpuram Maligi Re(J<Ji and Linga Reddi by DalavOy
Veiikatapati Timma Nayudu for certain services. The members
of the family of the former went away from the village, while
78
those of the latter did the service of the former and enjoyed the
lands of the former. Several years later a descendant of Maligi
Reddi returned and claimed the portion which belonged to his
family. Both parties settled accounts by which the returned
Potanna agreed to pay Musalayya, a member of the latter family,
two hundred and fifty varahas and in lieu thereof gave him lands in
the village of Mallapuram.
This settlement was made on the the bright fort-
fifth tithi in
night the
in month of Chaitra in the year Akshaya, S. 1729
(1807 A.D.).
(S.L.I.. No. 122.)
Private grant 34.

Twocopper-plates received from the District Judge of Ganjam.
The plates give a story of how a Gosangi Bhantu secured
certain privileges. The plates are full of sensational events
they mention first the creation, and then the birth of Barabattudu,
a goldsmith, in the family of Jambavan- He was brought up by
ArundhatTand Vasishta, received gifts from Visvakarma. Repalli,
the Yadava kings, Madhava Raja, VTranna, the seaport town of
Kallipalli, Anumakonda, etc-, are mentioned without any connxtion
whatever. An incident of a parrot with magical powers, its death,
a battle consequent upon it, the marriage of Katamaraju with
PeddimadSvi, the killing of a cow of Siva by an outcaste and the
curse of Siva, are recorded. Mention is made of the coronation
of PuSapati Maharaju at Vizianagaram and the conferring of the
title Gosangi Bhaptu on Barabattudu by Varadaraja Svami of
Conjeeveram.
No date is mentioned. The characters are quite modern.
(A.R.M E., 1908-09, App. A, No. 4—G-O. No. 538, Public, 28th
July 1909. p. n.)
Private grant 35.
A single copper-plate purchased in the Tirupati bazaar.

The language and script of the inscription are Telugu-
The plate records that a car was made for the goddess Kalika-
devl of Conjeeveram by certain Panchdnanas (artisans). While it
was being taken to the temple, a magician stopped it by incanta-
tions. I'he help of another magician was sought, and* he cut off
the head of his pregnant daughter, hung it on the car, and per-
formed certain other rites. The car then moved, and the woman,
whose head had been cut off, was restored to life. Certain endow-
ments were made by the Panchdnands in favour of the magician.
The record is dated the fifth /if/tj,inthe bright fortnight in
the month of Vai 4 akha in the year S. 1200. This Saka year
corresponds to the cyclic year Bahudhanya. Taking Bahudhanya
as correct the data given correspond to 28th April 1278 A-D- The
characters are quite modem, and the plate is evidently a forgery.
Private grant 36.

The language and script of the first few lines of the inscription
are Kanarese, while those of the rest are Telugu.
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The plate records that Sringfiri Venkata gave four plots of land
in the villages of Baribillu and Nayakallu to Giriyan for the main-
tenance of a choultry in Sangapura-
The grant was made on the eighth tithi in the dark fortnight in
the month of Bhadrapada in the year Prajotpatti. (Probably 1st
September I751 A D.)
rivate grant 37.
A single copper-plate with no history which has been in the
Museum for a long time.This is one of a set of plates of which
the rest are missing.
Grantha-
The plate contains the name, race, lineage of the several recipi-
ents of a certain gift- No further information is available.
Private grant 38.

in 1858.
It contains on one side some'mantrams and a seal in which is
engraved ‘Triiaka Chola Maharaja’ in Telugu characters. The
figures of a tree, a cow, certain animals and of two human beings
are found on the othef side-
(S.U., No. 142.)
INDEX
Arikala, 19.
AbdQll Mallik. 6o. Arlkdshii Puduppeiui, 64.
Abhirama Altvlrarama, 33. AriSjimanddr, 63.
Achyula, 50, 51, 53. ArivUimangatam, 53.
Achyutadeva, 49. Ariyakkudi,40.
Achyuiapuram, 20. Ariyupenimbakkam, 13.
Achyuuraya, 50, 51. Arjuna, 27.
Achyutariyapuram, 51 Arkonam, 32.
Achyuiendra, 49. 50, 51. 52. ArltaQi vUhaya, 57.
Achyaiendraimrani. 52. Arondhait, 78.
Ada(iani, 42. Aryavarman. 26.
Adapalli, II. Asarai Nawab, 40.
Adavari-diug, 4!]. Aaatu Kepilai Nawal). 64.
Addanki, 34, 4$. Aiikanni, sj.
Adenibhaua. 25. .Miiyotiu, 39,
Adityavarmaa. ll. AtukSra, 34.
AdSni, 45. 60, 61, Audala, 4$.
Aduthurai, 66. Avani Selliappa Scity, 68.
Agamalai, 64, 65. Ayipajaiyani, 66.
•Vgniiiarina, It. Ayyanamahidavi, 3.
.Ahdbalayâ, 3S. Ayyankirappa, 33.
Alagapuri, 66. Ayyiaimi Ayya, 29.
Alagarkoil, 71.
Alageyya, 15, 16. B
Alagayyai, 16, 17. ttS.
Alaaianda, 23. Biboji Pant, 42.

Alan. Badana GaiuU, 42.
Alangulam, 29. Kagehajli, 64.
Alapidu, 3$. bihnbaiindta. $8.
AUpaduvemavaraD, 3$. Bilakrishnamaliidanapuraiii, 29.
Alia'Iareddidoddavaram. 36. Balakakti, 14.
Allaya Uo'Ida, 36. Ballala T^va Vdabhaâ Boddiya, 9.
Amalipuiam, 55, 56. Baliiya, 14.
Amaravaii. 30, 41. Dangara, 60.
Amaruka, 35. Bapatia, t, 6.
Ambll, 66 . Bappa, 31.
Amma Kaja I, 5. 6. Baraballudu, 78.
Amnia Kaja il, 7, 6, 9. baribilln, 79.
Aainipai;li.6o. Barimi Reddy, 76.
Aaiarkathindalai KarikAli, 64. iiasavakaDkara, 48.
Amutuiingoia, 62. Baiuru. $8.
Anagundi, 56. Balteynr, 12.
Anantachirya. 47. Biyapiu, 42.
Anantapuc diitricl, 2 $, 26 , 46. Bellaiy disirici, I3. 30, 42, 43, 47, 52, 58,
Ananlasa Gaudi, 72. 60, 61, 62,64, 70 72, 7J, 75, 76. 77, 78.
,
AnantaiiTacharya, 32. Bolnr, 27.

Ananta SScaya, 43, B«ia Vijayaditya, 10.
Aoantavannaddva, 2I, 23. Belipundi, 7.
Anaaiavarman, 24, 25. Bczwada, 3, 5, 6,8.
A^deki. 8. Bhadrachalam, $9.
Andbrapatha, 30. Bhakli Bhopati, 19.
Andicika, 12. Bhandanadilya, $.
Angoti Raja, 67. BhalU Vimana, 23.
Anmanan^ru, 8. Bhivaiarman, 4.
Anna-Vema, 34. Bhimn, 10, 73.
Anuma Konda,
" 78. Bhimachaiya, 58.
Apitti, 31. Bhlma I.inganna Gone, 44,
Appiji, 15. •
BhtmaMrman, I2.
Appa bfiyudu, 62, 76- Bhlma Vtrayya, 76.
Arasanatum, 71. Bhoja, 19.
82 INDEX
Bijava<Ia, 3 Devaraya I, 45.
Billange, 62. Devaiaya 11 , 45. 47.
Blia Sarman, 3. Uevaiayapara, 45.
Bilragupta, 44. Devaraya \odaya, 59.
liiiunikunta, 43, 44. rievasakii, S 2.
Biîniyakanur, 64, £>â^nnan« 20.

Bommasciii, 68. IMv^ndravarma, a.
Brahaiapuri, 42. Devendravannadeva, al.
Buddhariju Vefikataraja, 7. Deyavaia, I9.
Buguda, 23. Dha66akada, 30.
Bukka Ufva Raya, 42. 43 44 -
'
Dhanushkoli, 38, 39.
Bukkarayaputam, 44. Dhaimaraya, 73.
Dhava^, 57.
Dibbi^ Agrahinm, 27.
C Dindigul,
Caldwell, 1 I.-, T. Divivipra, i6 .
Cawaaiir, 66. Dommana. 9.

Chaklimarantatoku, 51- DoDepfipdi, $9.
Chalukya Bhfnia 1 4, $. ,
Draupati, 13.
Chijnkya Bhlma IT, 6, 16 .
Drubbidi. 27.
Chandavanita, 26, DmjjSr, 6.
Chandragiri, 43, 47 49 Sî S*- i i

DrujjSru, 6.
ChandMsokhar.i, 71 Duggaiaja, 8.
Chandraiickharavadnani, 40.
Chandravtiri, 10. E
Channa Rajaiyya, 27. Edeni, 3, 5.
Cliejcrla, 46. Ekoji. 42 -
ChengSroantNitBya, 10. Kjasaui, J2.
Chenji,'4i. ElavatTu, 7.
Chennapauaâm, 40. Elloce, 36.
Chenoappa, 30. Eluca, 36.
Kluva|>&ri.39.
CheDtiii Bhatia, 45.
Cherainma, 26. Ephemaria, 19, 26, 29, 38, 44. 47. 5 «-
Chharampasvanin, $6. Ereyiir. 12.

Chhavalakhaya, 56. EtQr Taiarya, 54.
Chicacole, 19, 20,21, 23.
Chidambaiam, 39. 41. 63.
F
Chikhall, 24. Banakhslyat, 4I.
Chikkulla Agiaharam, 55.
Chilakala, 46,
C
Chillcrekakodumka, 31. Gadapa, 14.
Chingleputdisiiict, J 4 . '5. >7' •*- ‘9. GadigsrSlu, 44.
Gadipddu. 42.
33. 36,50. 64, 68, 69,70, 73 . 79
-
Chinna Nagana Gaud, 48. Gapapaii,26, 59.

Cninnaveftkaiarayendrasamuilra. 51. Gaoapati Raya, 62.
Chiirakapiha, 12. Gapaaanuao, 36.
Chddagaftga, 25. Gapdabherupda, 19.
ChddagaPgadeva, 25. GapdalSni, 49.
Chokkanalhaniyaka, 29. Gaodhaivakotui, 65.
Ch6ladt.ia. 41. Ganga, 27.
ChukQc (Cheokuni), 1. Gangadbara, 48.
ChOyipika, 57. Ganga Reddi, 48.
Coimbatore aislriol. 26. Gani AtukSta, 34.
Cudilapah district. 49, 5I- Ganjim district, 19. 20. 21, 22, 23. 56, 57.
58 . 65. 78 -
D Garasambha, 57,
Garbhiyakkavapdan, 7$.
Dakshinakosala, 57. Gaaoi Pami Keddi, 77.
Danarpava, 9, to. GautamI, to.
Oaiydena Guada.a, 4. Ghanagiri, 29, 30.
Danrtimahadevi, 57. Ghantaoada, 48.
Uaniivatman, 32, 33 -
Ghantasala, 9.
Daiaparaja, 22. Gharmaghalla, 77.

Daraparauo. 22. Ginjee, 63, 69, 70.
Darsi, 31, Giiiyao, 79.
Dasanaputa. 31. Gdbirivaoavalasa, 65.
Disapoa, 60. Godavari district, 10, 34, 35, 3®. SS. S®. 59.
Devaraja, 45 . 62.
INDEX 83
G81gopdi, Jalilavarman, 33.

55.
Golkopfla, 76. Jalilavaiman, Srivallabha. 34.
GSnchiredflihaUi, 70, 71. Jayanta, 27.
GSAturu, 5. Jayantanaiayaoapun, 27.
GSpalastipura, 55. Jayaramayya, 30.
Goomsur, 23. Jayasimha, a, 4.
Gooty, 47, 5«- Jayasimha N'atlabha, 2.
GSnnilu, 70. Jdginiyaka, 43.
Gdsingi Ehaaiu, 78. J6gl Raju, 65.
GAvinda, 66,
QovincUdeva, 70.
Gfivindapatti, 48,
K
GOvindarajasamadn, 39.
Gtidalar, 49.
KachhippMu, 13.
Guddavishaya, 23. K»laFperi, 46.

Gudiailam, $5.
Ka^nmpaUi, 75.
Kaichagatai, 61.
GudrahAia, 4.
Kailasamudaliyar, 73.
Gudiavara, 9.
Guhe»Tar»palaka, 57. Kakartya Guodyaoa. 9-
Gujiavelendavuiia. Kajanju, 13, 14'
KalaitQr, 37-
Gumpini, 36.
Kllavatkdvil, 38.
Gupir ava, 22.
GunÎaklma. 46.
Kiiibhadrachbya, 3.
GupdyaDa, 9. Kalinga, 22.

Kallabakya, 49-
GaoiOr dislricl, 3. 4, 7. 8, 30. 34.
Cuuy, 53. Kallikudi, 3 ^ 39-
Kaiiipalli, „
Guiiy-durga, .
\ odayaru.
Golty rajya. 46. Kaiyiva Kangappa Kilaka 1 61a
62.
a Kuuadirijaputta, 22.
llaridaan, 53. Kamaiasana, 22.
Haiihara, 43. 4S> 4^- Kamarpava, 24.
Hariachandraaviml, 19. Kanibadflni, 43-

Harsha, 56, Kaoakagtti. 29.
Ilanhavardhana, li. 12. Kanchatkal&dri, 48.
{laaarai Khan Sahib. 64. Kinchl, 13. »6, 17. 18. 30. I'- 49. S*'
,}]Irahadaga 1 U. 30.
Kiochlman^lain, 69-
HUilcadapSr, 61. Kandali, $7-

Hiuen.T. Siang. 56. Kapdankolann, 19.
Homandi, 22. Kindenivadi. 4, 5.

Honnappa Gaiida. 73. KapalQr, 43.
Houapdi, 22. Kaparusangayya, 62,
livdernWd. 74. Karavandapuram, 33.
Karikala, 14, 19.
Kamiache<lu, 8.
I
Karniarashtra, 2.
Karoasavarna, 56.
Idimba Odayar, 72. KirpalivtaU, 9.
linmadi, 34, 46. KaipSravasanlariya 34. 48.
Imaiadi Di'varaya, 46. Karakkalli, 39,
Immadilanka, 34. KVi Raja, 67.
ImmadipiaudhabhOpalapatani, 46. Kaiamantju, 78.
Imniadivarilanka, 34. Kaiaya V«ina, 35-
Indra, 57. KatichenivTi, 14-
Indra-Bhattaraka, 2. Kattuppalli, 33,
Tndravarina, 20, 21. Katiuppu'.tar, 55.
Iniimbrolo, 14. KavanSr, 4I.
Inmartigaoda, 4. Kaveri, 19. 5S-
Kenchennapalti, 75.
J KAMvaavamio, 12.
K«a\^ Trivedi Bhalia, 13.
Jaffna, 39,
jagadapi Gutly-durga, 43. Khadinpatlaka, 23.
Jagannaiha Naiayapa Gajapati, 65. Khairappulu, 45.

Jagannaiha Raju, 62. Kllapujiyangady, 41.
lallepaUi, 77. Kislrta disliict, I, 3. 5, 6, 7. 8, 9, 26, 34,
jamtavao, 78. 35. 36. 53. 54-
Klrtlpura, 26.
Jana Vira Deva, 76.
Klitivannan, ll, 12.
Jan6ra\uhaya, 23.
84 INDEX
Kortay*!. 6o. L
Koilhaialti. 6 I^kkaraja, 55.
Kohecura, 19. Lakshmapa, 73.
Kolaveanu, 6, 26. Lakshmapparasa Bangara, 60.
Kokhumkonra, 12. I^kshatasayya, 72.
Koilejallu, 72, LAhlasaima, 21.
K6iuvaiUDl, 24. Lankakpra, 22.
Komarii, 20. LPndiHuia, 56.
Kdmaralingam, 26, Liogala, 46, 48.
Kommaaa, 6 .
Linga Keddi, 77.
KonaHa, 54.
I.dkanayakipurani, 73.
KSnadeia, 35.
Kdnappa Basavana Gauda, 75.
Kon'Ia Bhaita, 47. N
Kondappaniiyanipn, 62. Macha, 35.
Koo'lavHu, 34, 35, 48, 53.
Madiru, 69.
Koadayaj\-a, 51, Madapyalapajli, 51.
Konrtyaia, 5?. Midavara, 19.
KSngaiiamallur, 52. Madhava, 25, 26, 3$.
Kopuida, 56.
M&dhava Manidhiraja, 25, 26.
KdngddamaudaU, 57.
Midhas-a Raja, 59, 78.
Kong-u tOi 56. .Madhava Varaian, 23.
Konkuduru, 36. Madhavl, 71.
KOramiya, 7, Madhurioiakani, 73, 74.
ICoroiotaka plochali. 21. Midiriva Gannden, 63
Kttuivan. t5, 16, 17, 18. Ma-iora, t8. agi 30, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 59,
Kojjakuriy, 65. 62. 63, 64, 68, 71, 72, 73. 74 . 75 -
KoitapaMi, 77. Migalld, 9.
Ka»ilp vli, 53. Mahideva, 10.
K6vftr, ii. Mahakala, 6.
Kramja, 2.
Mahendravarmadpta, 23.
Kri<hpa, 49. Maidav du, 30.
Kriahn ibeppa, 56. Makariyaraja, 6
Krishpadeva, 70. Malavanibuilu, 41.
Krishuad4vari>a, 47, 48. 49, 70. Malayampajli, 71.
Kfiahpagiri, 56. Maligi Reddi, 77, 78.
KrishoamKchuriSr, 14, 13. Mallampati Mangayya, 7.
KriHbpaniichari ayyar, 18 Mallana <idne, 77,

Krithramahlpali, 54. Mallanna Caudan, 7.
Krishpa Odal, 68. MalUpragi>,la, 20

Krishna I’anaikkandir, 65. Mallapuiani, 77, 78.
Krishpapuram, 29. Malla Keddi, 23, 76.
Krishpa Kaja, 28. Mallavarao, 3$.
Krishuarajapuram. 28. Malla X'ishpuvardnana, 10.
Krishna R 5 ja Wadiyar, 27. Mallikarjuna, 46, 70.

Krishna Riiya, 47, 58. Mailt seiii, 77.
Krishnarayapuiam, 47. Maluknahaiji, 73, 76.
Kroshlukivarlaal, 22. Milyavaal, 10.
Kokipanu, Manasava<lavani, 45.

5.
Kiildlinnga, 15, 19, 58.
Mapayirkouam, 32.
Ktimarag ri,
Mandagiii, 49
35.
Kumariinkiiia, 32. Ma idara, 14.
Kuniiir.isanna, 25 Mangalelvara Gurukkaj, 39.
Kumarasvami Pandaram, 74.
Manga lu, 9.
Kumillura, I. Mangaoituaj, 29, 66.

Kundarpi-sima, 47. Mangi Maharaja. 3.
KundavardhanakStaka, 50,
Mangi 5 'uvaraja, 2, 3.
KiioHi. 34, 46.

MaPgollu, 9.
KannSr. Mangollipatly, 28.
54.
Kuntadilya, Mauimangala, 32.
5,
Kuniidiina, 2.
Manna Kadamba Mudaliyar, 70,
Knppanayya, 7.
Maanavedu, I4.
Klippariya, 6. Manyavanuua tashjra, 32.
Kuppayandi I’illai,
Marilakala, 61.
59.
Sahib, 64. Maiali, 61.
Kiipnuchandu
Kuram, 15, 32. Mataiakapuri, 45.
Maraneri, 50.
Xarnool district, il, 12, 44. 45, 46, 48,
Maravaiman, 33,
49 5 '. 70, 76-
.
INDEX 85
Marjav&da, 49. Nandaprabhanjanavarman, 19.

Misi t'akii Kulasekhara Abdull Mallik, Naodivarman, 33.
60, 61. Nandivarinan ll, 32.
Musulipaiam, 4, 8, 9. N'aadikarman III, 32.
Mats)'a, 27. NandivanoaQ I’allavamalla, 33.
Ma\'inihipa[ji. 3. Nanni Narayana Bhtlla, 10.
Medelaka, 23. Naralalinga lle<Mi, 42.
Meghiichar)a, 12. NaiasapSr, 36.
Melapaiapunaiw'li, 52. Xarasaraopet, 30.
M(natiarayan, ^6. Narasendrspura, 49.
Vl^nmaiurA, 3c. Naiasimhavannan, 32.
Mtnakshiayyar, 74. Xarasingadeva, 70.
Micieie, 13. Narayana KaaibSdiri, 71.
MokkapaHa R 4 jappa, 3$. Nartaotalai, 66.
Molakalmutii, 64. Nata>adivishaya, 9 .
Worippar, 63. Nairip.aii, 56.

Mollai I’akkiri, 41. Nayaluitu, 79,
Maddu Alugari Nayanigaru, 29. Nayaiuiiadu, 33.
Muddu KuuaUnga l’ai)dad..i)an, 28. Nedunjadaiyan, 33.
Mudduvira, 53. Ncilunjeri, 41.
Mudduvlramahlpalatamudram, 53. Nellorc district, 1 1, 31, 43, 45, 46, 48, 52,
Madiv 4>lu. 49. W. 70 -
Moiiaaiuad All, 76. Nilakaiiiapa^diram, 68,

Muhaoimad Vusur,.76. Niduleni Timmipurain, 46,
Mukhalingaoi, 20. Nipaiaiaka, 45, 46.
Mnkkan, 65. Niravarlyapura, 4.
MuklUvara, 35. NtrvrlSr. 32.
MukunOa, 58. NitiapinikinallGr, 19.
Maiiki, 44. NitlivQr, 69.
Mtfllaniakfidam Mullaperoja, 28. North Afoot district, 17, t8, 32, 45, 49, 50,
Muoadappu, a8. 51. 5 *. 55 . 66.
M'.iodakallu, 11. Nfuimha, 35.
MuO'larashtra, 31. N'rlitilokiavan, 14.
Musalayys, 78. Nugila, 24.
Muaali Reddi, 78. Noiulapajxa, 2.
MuAinikutila, 3- Nutvid, 3.
Muaiyana, 8.
Miiiiaiaia. 59.
MuUiappa Mudaliyir, 70. 0
MuUiappa Niyaka, 68.
MuUulingappa, 29, Oddugaiydla, 46.
Muttu Niyaka, 68. Opdiy Or, 68.
MuKuramalingapuiam. 39. Oriua, 23, 69,
Muttu Vaidya<;iiha Pillai, 66.
MuUuvijayan Sirvai, 38.
Muituvijayaraghaoaiha Miupati BhQpala- P
puiaD, 34.
Muttu Vijaya Kangappa Kalaka Tola Padalavapalli, 77.
Vodayaiu, 63. Patla.iidu, 43.
Mtxvaraikondran, 33. Padavldu, 41. 50. 52.
Padniaoabha Deo, 22.
Padmioeri, 54.
N Pakavishaya. 43,
Nachiyinpadayachi, 76. PaJaki-vishaya, l.
Nadagani, 23. Palgire, 11.
Nadivaranpatlady, 14. Pajia-Bhattaraka, 4.
Nagaaianayaka, 33. Paiiava Trineua, 34,
Nagenallur, 55. Pallaaendta, 19.
Naggaii-Saluki, 22. Paluttapdi Kupparhi Ambalakiran, 28
Nagiieddipalli, 75. Panibarru, 9.
Nigilavanm, 48. Pairdaiaag^, 8.
Nahuiha, 55. Pami Reddi, 77,
Na|avadi vithaya, It, Pampatlriba, 12.
Nail.<p)|i, 60. Panadri. 44.
Nallappa Kaiilka Tolai, 66. Panarijeri. 65.
Namayanayaka, 59. PanchagiaaiJin, 73.
Namitiayya, 53. 56. I'a.ichilauars, 66, 67.
Naodamaputidi, to. Paochanadi, 13, 16, 17, 18.
86 INDEX
PanchanadUchala, ij, i6. Padu, 60.
Panchaaaoai, 78. Puduchheri, 73.
I’aodaram, 48, 59. Pudukkftuai, 38, 39.
PaiieyadSsa, 46. Pui|»9d, 23.
I“ane’'gu<lv, 29. Pulakeain 1, 12, 32.
I'aQgu Simaya, 24. Puiakuin 11, 12.
I’aaiyappt, 77, Puiiurpallu, 74.
I’inkanidu, 59. P8vdi, 49.
Pingani'Ki, 52, PUsp. 34. 46.
Mailara, 46.
1'ai.iia Pungituge, 26.
Panugali, 46. Pu^rkdlUDi, 33.
Parachor, 4$. Pufushdtiama, 57.
I*aragani, 42, PuTDshduaniayya, $9.
ParaAeteiivarman, 13, 14. Pu4apaii Maharaju, 78.
I’arauicivarjDiangalam, 32. Poshpagiri, 44.
Parameiivaravarman, 1, 32. PuuSr, 41.
ParamesvaravarDoan, 32.
Parigi, 25. K
Patiyaja, 32.
ParUpaii, 11. Kichavari, 72.
Parâaila, 60. Kachi Keddi, 62,
Parukusuha Paduaaha, 41. Kaghunaiha Naiaat, 75.
Paruvi, 25. Raghunaihapura, 50.
I'aivataiAya, $9. Kaghunaiha Seinpali, 38.
Paiavliara)ratn, 50. Kaghonitha Tevar, 38.
Pata1anlanya^’a^(arari(hm, 32. Rg)aiiiaheadm, 5, 35, 36.
Pandli IMam, 71. Rijappa, 42
Pedaharti, 48. Ki<a Kiia 1. 14.
I’edakaUUj 44. Ki^'Kdja Devt, 10.
PedilakSmali Varna Keddi, 33. Kaja Rijendra, 15.
Pcdda Nagana Gaud, 48. Kijasiuiha, 20.
Pcddappa, 33. Rsijatalika, 20.
I’eddai'iianiyakasainadrani, 33. Kajavfriiyabhajanga, 19.
78. Kaja Vila, 15.
Pcdd V/'gj, 36. Rajendravarman, 23,
Pedekul vishaya, 12. Rijyaiardhana, 56.
1‘eanigachctla, 62. Kaktapun, 13.
Pemik^jiida, 25, 29, 30. 53, 55. Kama, 73.
Peravali, 3, 4. Kamabhadra Kan, 29.
Periya Namasiviya Nayanat, 73, 74. Ramabhadrayya, la, 74.
I'cnivangdr-grama, 4. Rimachandra, 45.
Pliiillafaruiao, 32. Ramachaodra Llkshita, 47.
Pikira, 31. Ramacbandiariya, <9.
l’il|c-ha|ji, 71. Rani&chirya, $8.
Pishiapura, i. Rimadcva, 70.
Piihapuram, i. Rauagiii, 51.
Piihipurl, $9. Kimalinga Pillai, 74.
Piiribhaklali, 19, 20. Kamana Gauda, 42.
Pdlavaram, 46. Raoianatha, 37
Pdljr, 50. Raniana(ha»v&Ei]i, 38.
Ponnagati, 70. Rama Nayudu, 76.
Ponnakkula, 41. Ramanatha papdanm, 40.
Poijoeri, 33, 70. Kamanalhap.iram, 42.
Ponti \ tcna, 26. Ramanayya, 39.
Poppangika, 22. Ramaana Cai-dan, 71, 72.
I'oiamay ya, 5. Rima Raja, 6j.
Potanva, 78. Rama Raju, 53.
Povgaâjaâdu, 74. Rama Raya, 37,
Prabhakaraârman, it. Rama Re<ldi, 42.
Prabhakamsvami, 11. Ramasamiioia, 27.
Prabhikaia Viiiruta, 57. Kamas*iui, 1, 2.
Praiipa Df'varaya, 46. Ramayya, 26.
Praiapa nidra, 34. Rimnad dilirict, 28, 33.
Pravida<J4va Maharaya. 70. Rapaka, 22.
PfilhvimQla, 57. Raodubajli, 4.
Prilhvi Kaja J. Ranpniiha, 55, 75,
Ffi(hvivamia dsva, 23. Kanga lUja, 37.
Proldra, 59. Rnngarajapuram, 53.
INDEX 87
Kaiiga Kava, 2i), 53, 5J.

Setupati Mutiu KaghunSlha, 40.
K.uigaviiiiiiiliaut, 77. Muiiuramalinga [
I’anrtudaiyan
Kaâya I’ao'lyanar, 64. Torai, 28.
Kaiiiagiii, II, Muitu Kitnalinga Vijaya Raghu-
Kaiiagiii, 12. naiha, 40.
KavicUiia, 26. .Muuu Kamalinga, 40,
Rivireva, 56 Mulliivijaya Kaghunalha, 39, 71.
RiyaOiirgam, 47, 64. Tirumalai iraghunatha, 38.
Rayat, 15, 16, 17, iS, 37, 40- — Tiruma'ai Udayar, 38.
KeaO (John), l. \'ijay2taghunaiha Petiya Udaiya
Regoniam, 56. Tevar, 41.
Keo'lerjliina'liinivUltaya, 10 ScvVappa, 53.
Kepalii, 78. Siddhapur, 70.
Revaâima, Ii. Siddl.anhaka, 20,
Rudra, 4B. Sidlalala, 61.
RSpanir&yaQa, 48. Sibu MKra, 33.
S SllabbanjadCra, 5S.
Saadal-Ullah-Khan, 41. S{16dbhava, 56.

SadaiiivacUva, 58. SioidSiapdra, 25.
Sadi-iva Msjlariya, 52, 53. Simhaputa. 20.
Sadaniva Vil'arana Riyaningaru, 60. Simhavanna, 26.
Ssgara, 42. Simhararman, 25, 26, 31.
Sahaji, 42. Simkesari, 44.
Salem clitirlci, 27. Siagaoamaia, 53.
Siluva, 37. Singarija, 55.
Slluva Kappa lUja, 37< Singupuram, 20,
Samantimiiya, 6. Siai2a)aqinaiuin, 71.
Simanuvoddi. 9. Sinnakkadiia Appsnayaka. 62, 63
Sammagavishaya, 25. SiwiskkadirabbOpilaaaKiiiiln. 62
Sanipatkiimarapaodiia, 45, Siniukkamaqa, 70.
Sanivavishaya, 25. Siru^kkavandan, 75
Sangain, 25. Sivaji, 4».
Sangama 11, 43. Sivandapada S«()y, 64.
Saogipura, 79.
Sivaiiya Ayyar, 65.
Sankarachirya, 42, 69. Sivaskandavaraian, 30, 3;
!)ankari D«v>, 60. Siyya^la, S3.
ankhagici-deiga, 28. Skandavarma, 26.
anku Appappa, 23. Skaadavarcnan 1, 31.
Sannilipakkam, 69. Skandavarnian 11, 31.
Sirapalli, Ip, Sk.indhakaraia, 21.

Saiauoatamha, 22. Smith (Joseph), 40.
Saravanai Gurukkat, 73- Sduiagiii^varanatba, 50.
Saravaqai S«lty, 84. Somajiya, 44.
Soundararija Sinnakkadira lihOpala.
Sargin, 28.
Sarvaidki'raya, 2, 4. rauiudram, 62.
Saaanka, 56. South .Arcol disuicl, 41, 69. 74, 75.
SaMnka Kajs, 56. South Kaoara district, 60. 72.
Sasi Salflsvara Bhatita, 14. Srldhara Bhaita, 23.
Sa«i'’arri.a I'etiya
’
Udaya Tevar, 39. Stlgiii, 34.
^llaltri, 33. Sr{giiibhilj>ala, 45.
Sulianka>lo, 69. Srtgiiladia, 45.
Saiyasra.-a, 11, 12, 13.
Srikaplha, 14.
Satyavachaka5\ami, 39.
Saiyavaroiadeva, 21. ^rtkaqthanitha, 43.
Savalajagini, iS. Srikanthapura, 44.
Scon (Andrew), I. îliuushnam,4i, 42.
Senddrai, 63. Silnatha, 35.
Scodtaka, 12. Sringatadlpika, 35.
Secia Piogappuli, 66. Stiiigavaiapukola, 23, 58,
Setupali Hiranyagarbhayaji K.-ighunaiha, Srtklrmam, 58.
39' Sringeri V'ebkata, 79.
— flitanyagaibha Ravikula, 38.
Stiperumb3dQr, 50.
Kaliadeva, 37.
Miillukuuiara Vijaya Kagbuna- SripBpdi, 6.
tha, 39- ^nivisa, 54.
88 INDEX
Srinivasa Dasa, 41. Tiinmalaideva, 70.
Srinivasapura, 47. Tinjmalai-N'ayaka, 28, 38.
Srimngapaiuoa, Tinjiualapadi, 74.
27.
Srlsailain, 70. Tiruiualaraâyya, 33.
Siharamangalam, 53. TirumanallSr, 74.
Subbayya bhagavala, Tiiunannbapumiii, 14.
29.
Tirupaii, 34, 72, 78.
Subhanlora, 23.
Tirap|>aoe.idal, 62.
Sujjata-Bha;ia, 33.
Tirupuvanani, 28.
Sukvto, I, 2.
Tiruradi, 41,
Sultinpfir, 60, 61.
Tiruvadi, 34.
SuDjuda, 23.
Titavenkateaa Ayyar, 18.
Siindarapindiyanpatlapaiu, 38.
Tituvidu, 59.
Siinkesaru, 44.
Tiliilingi, 25.
Sura Bhatta, 48.
T6<iarnialt, 4c.
SQramata, 32,
TodukiilT, 39.
SQryaprakaâ Kao, 20.
Tdgerchedu, 12.
Sviminatha Ayyar, $3.
ToodainiTtridaUin, 13, >6, 17, 18, 30, 41,
Svainainukhi, 43.
68 .
Svetka, 23.
Tondi, 68.
Swatuikaiinu Pillai, 19, 26, 29, 3S. 44, 47,
Tdnka-Nalavaitivishaya,
' 3.
S4 - Toti, 77 -
T TollaramSdi, 33.
TadabhOpala,' 6. Tribhus-aninkusa, 3, 4, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
T 4 'lpatri, 33. Tiibhuvana-simha, 6.
Talamanchi, 11. Trichinopoly district, 61, 63. 63, 66, 67.
Taltmanchipadu, 11. Tri ochaoa I’allava, 14.
TilaniSia, 21. Truaka Chdia, tS.
Talavanain, 62. I'undlramaodala, 50.
Taieyflr, 2S. Tunpabhiiilra, 33, 47. 49,
Talupaka, 57. TufaiyBr, 65.
Tamancheiu, 24.
Tiitiatacheruva, 20. V
Tamataclih'ttu, 21.
Tamarakhandi, 25. Udaiyan VeOdal, 41.
Tanibrthalli, 73. Udaytgiri, 45, 52, 59.
Tambaacitiar, 37. U layakhedia, 22.
Tanivayal, 41. Udumalpet, 26.
Tanderii, 7, Ukkatlai, 41.
Tanjore d strict, 42, 53, 65, 66. U|uQ<iQr, 73.
Tappuiialla Mumma N'iyanar, 19. Uubaka, I4.
Tapii, 61. UiDDiaiiasiinha, 57.
TaripOr, 6o. Uppaêri, 72.
Tarugrama, 2i. UppetagQ iem, 53.
Tataya, 54. Utagam, 14. .
Taiesvaragrinia, 58. Urr .kkaliukkdltam, 32.

Tenali, 6, 35. Ulkala, 23.
'TengSru, 49. Utia>iaiyan Seiiivayal Seyyangamadai
Ten.Ka[avali.n 4 du, 33. Mutukadu, 42.
Tetkaf,'65. Uliama Chdiadeva, 13.
Thaee<ar, 56. Uliarakind^ravadi vishaya, 4, 5.
Tinima, 47, 50, yttaramaiiur, 73, 74.
Tiinmabhuj'a a, 49. Uttukkidu Kdtiam, 54.
Tinuiianayaka, 47.
Timmaiiayudu, 77, V
Timiuapuram, 1, 2, 46. Vadamattiir, 71.
Timmarajulu, 48. Vaidtimba, 14.
Timtnanisayya. 72. VairavanayakanSr, 63, 73.
Timniayapakni, 48, Vajjaya, 6.
Tindivanain. 42. Vajrahasta, 24.
Tinuevelly district, 54. V'ajialiastadeva, 22, 24.
Tipi'arajayya, 43. \'akaUs, 56.
Tirakana <>auda, 75. Valaiiadu, $3.
Tirikaiuvishaya, 23, Valigordapufam, 74.
Tirukkalukkunrlram, 30. Vailabha, 4.
Tirukkaltiippajli, 32, 33. Vallabha Maharaja, 69,
Tirumala Bhalia, 52. Vallagolam, 49,
Tiiumalambapuiam, 34. Vallakunde, 13.
INDEX 89
Vallftm, 66. VikTamadilya 1, !i, 12.

Valliyfir, 29. Vikiamadiiya Satyasraya, ti, 12,
Vioiade\'a, 70. Vikiamaiama, 4.
Vaniana Vajva, 50. Vikraina»iiihap'jra, 43.
Vampitiv'ir, 63. Vikraniendravatman. 56,
Vanapalli, 34. Vilisaâruia, 31.
Vanavasi, 12. Villa, 57.
Vandratn. 7, Vinayaiiitya Satyasraya, 12, 13.
Vandrupiuyu, 4. Viiigipiiaka. 57.
Vaania Sinnap)>i)lai Tnndri. 69. Virabhadta (iajapaii. 48.
Varadachat; a, 49. Virabhadra Xayaka. 72.
Varadadsva, 70. Virabhapalasamiidrain, 63.
Varadapna, 50. Vira Choja, 15. 19.
Varahaneri, 71. Vlra Koirhav.trman, 31.
Varatiavartani, 20, 21, 24. Vira Naraaimha Uakihmapparasa Hangar,
Vasanta, $8. 60.
Vasishia, 78. Viranarasiuiha .‘ânkaridevi, 60.
Vatapi, 32. Vlranna, 78.
Valtalaltiindu, 63, 73, 74. \'lranaiayapa, 35.
Vedaranvam, 50. Vlranarayapaperumal, 32.
Ve'laiuiani, 4. Vlrapcalapa-yo balatiyar. 37,
Vedavalllpiira, 47. Virari^kesarivaroian, 19.
Volanapdii-vishiya, 6, 7. Vtianjendra Chdja, 19.
Velingodi, 33. Virasangiidaijin.'is, 16 , 17, 18,
VeUvindu, 35, \'lni Singa Kaya Diva, 68.
VellalOtu, 53 Vira 'VAkaiadeva Mahiriva, 29, 30,
VeHoflai, 68. Vlra-Vei.kaiapati. 54.
VcipSri, 24. Vicavilli, 27.
VelSrpaiaiyatn, 32. Viripara, 30.
Verna, 34, 35. •
VliBpaksliêva, 70.
Vimalflrpidli, 8, V.ahama^Jhi, 1,3, 4.
Viniapuram. 34. VishpugApt, 31.
V6ma Reddi,
'
73. Vishouvardhana (Kubja), 3, '4, 5, 6.
V«>, 33- Vishpuvardhana I, i, 3.
V»ngi, 6. VUhauvardhsna 11 , 3.
ViAgi 3. Viahpuvardhana III, 3.
Vengipura, 36. Vishpuvaidhana IV, 4.
*
VeAkata. 55, Vishouvardhana V, 4.
Venkatichirya. $8. Vishouvardhana V{, 5, 6.
VeAkajadripura, $0 51. ,
Vishouvaidhana Vfl, 6.
VeAkatanaiivanappayya, 40. Vishnuvardhana VIII. to
VeAkatapaci Mahariya, 54. Visaapragada Krishcayya, 34,
VeAkatapati 11 55. ,
\’i«sakatoi4, 78
VeAkatapati Deva, 60. N’isvanilha, 19.
VeAkatapati Timma Nayuda, 77. ViSvanatha Xayaka. 28.
VeAkaiapiira. 54. Yiive'svar.a ISliaiia. 35, 36,
VeAkaia Redrti, tl. Viragipai.-im disirict, i, 2, 23. 24.
25, 27,
V«i'ka(c»8piira, 54.
Ve- kairSyar, 63. Vriddhachalam. 74.
Viiiaikkaranpalli, 41. Vriililha Gaui.mii. 35.
\ idv'anagara. 43. Vyipalavarli, 47.
Vidyavinita Pallava. 32.
Viiaya Peva Vatman, 36. W
Vijayadit'-a II. 4.
Viiavaditva VI. 7, 8, Q. Warangal. 34.
Vila aditya Pbaitaraka, 4.
'
Y
Viiai'anamula Redrlilu KaraDalu, 76. Yadava, 71. 78.
Viiava Oppdaiâ Malavariyar, 74. Vadavalli, 52.
Viiaya RaghiiAaiha. *9. Yajna Bhaiia, 32.
Vijava Raghunalha SivappaPetiya Udahat- Yatapora, 27.
levar, ai. Vekkol, 15.
VijaiaraAga Chokkanalba. 30, 63. Ye'atiar Reddilu Karapilu, 76.
Vila’ aravapiiram, 45. Velivarru. 7.
Vijava'-iddhi. 2. YelUppa Niyaka, 60.
Vi'ayavaiika, 8. Yertaniiuaniyaka. 53.
Viiai averkatachala ReddiSr. 65. Yerumaodalam. 69.
Vijaxtnriiailtiha. 53. Vuvaraja Ballala Dova-Vilabhata-Botldiya,
Vikramiditya, 13, 32. 9 -

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CATALOGUE

'^HIS Catalogue of the Copper-plate Grants preservec

evidence, chiefly in cases connected with landtenure, anc

particular grant being required as evidence in a court of law

many before the Government order referred to came intc

operation, while 18 were presented, 8 purchased on the recom

coated with thin sheets of copper. The number of leaver

through a circular hole m each leaf. The ends of this ring

an important evidence of authority on the part of the king or

the insertion of the name of the tutelary deity of the grantor.

grants are in the present collection recorded on a single plate,

dynasties,and also to the localities where, and the periods

Most of the grants are donative records dealing with gifts

They were executed not on ordinary days, but on day?

and lunar eclipses, Ookitidsktami {KT\s\ind^% birthday), ^iva-

rdthri (the fourteenth day in the dark fortnight of the month

In ceruin cases astronomical data are given with such exacti-

time at which the grant was drawn up.

lowed in most cases by a more or less imaginary genealogy

M.^dras Govt. Musei'm, J. R. HKNDI-RSON,

A. K;M.R. ... ... Anmtal Report of the Assi»unt Archa-ologicnl Supeiintendeni

£p. Ind. ... Epignphin Indies.

11 Nel. Gist, ... A Collection of ihe Inctiptionx on Copper-pintee »nd Stones

in the Neilore district, W

Kiili ... Kaliyuga year.

Sn. Dill. Mnn. ... Salem IHstricl Manual, 1 $$}.

S.I.I ... South Indian Imcriptions, edited by K. Hultrsch, ph.d., Rai

S. L.I. .... List of Inscriptions and Sketches of the Dynasties of Southern

Petty Chiefs and Zamlndars 58

Two copper-plates connected by a ring, the ends of which are

Three copper-plates connected by a ring, the ends of which are

Three copper-plates connected by a ring, the ends of which are

Three small thin copper-plates strung on a broken ring to which

(1) that Vishnuvardhana had a wife of the name of Ayyana*

Three copper-plates unearthed in the village of Peravali and

Nadu, to a Brahman named SOmayaji BTra ^rman, a resident

The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being

Five copper-plates unearthed in the village of Peravali and

Five copper-plates found on the 25th June 1897 in a rock-hewn

Five copper-plates_ found in 1871. during the ploughing of a

seal bearing in relief the legend Sri TribiivanHiibusn

IS.I.L, 1890. Vol. I, p. 37-1

Three copper-plates found in the record room of the Collector’s

The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being

The Eastern Chalukya king Vishnuvardhana VI granted the

[Ind. Ant., l8;9, Vol. VIII. p. 76.]

Cbalukyas. Eastern 12.

Chalukyas. Eastern 13.

known as Rajadhiraja ParameSvara Sri Vishnuvardhana VII, who

IS.I.I.. 1890, Vol. I. p. 43-1

Five copper-plates found buried in the backyard of Buddha-

Five copper-plates which originally belonged to Mallampati

gave the village of Elavarru, in the Velanandu-vishaya, to a

Chalukyas. Eastern 16.

Five copper-plates purchased from a Muhammadan in the

Chalukyas. Eastern 17.

(A.R.M.E., 1908-09, App. A, No. 8—G.O. No. 538, Public,

Chalukyas, Eastern 18.

The inscription is in Sanskrit, the script employed being

The Eastern Chalukya king Sri Vijayaditya VI, otherwise known