Epigraphia Indica Vol 34

SR No.: 032588
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: D C Sircar
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1961
Total Pages: 384
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 20 MB

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68 EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
[Vol. XXXIV (literally, the tank of Ayyanavröli') and on the north by Puchchak yalavēgili. We have seen that Chernūri-dēsa can be roughly identified with the modern Chinnur Taluk lying to the north of the Godavari in the Adilabad District of Andhra Pradesh. The junction of the Godavari and the Praphitā lies near Sironcha about 6 miles to the east of Chinnür, the headquarters of the Taluk of the same name, the distance between Chinnur and Manthani, the headquarters of the Manthani Taluk lying to the south of the Godavari, being about 18 miles across the river. The gift land lay on the northern bank of the Godāvari, though the localities mentioned as lying on its eastern, northern and western boundaries cannot be traced on the maps.
Lines 17-20 state that Mañchanarya, i.e. the donee Mañchi-bhattopadhyāya, founded a village and excavated a tank in the daša or land granted to him and gave them to the Brāhmaṇas, who were residents of certain house-sites at Mantrakūta, as well as to one of his own relations. Then he also installed, apparently in the same land, a deity called Kēkava and probably another called Mahädēva (i.e. Siva). He is further stated to have givon a garden (ārāma) in favour of the god Gopijanavallabha of Mantrakūta.
The above section of the inscription recording the pious deeds of the hero of the eulogy 18 followed by the delineation of those of other members of his family. Lines 22-23 contain a damaged sentence referring to the dharma (probably meaning dharma-dana or dāna-dharma) of Mallikarjuna-suri. The word indicating his relation with Mañchi-bhattopādhyāya is lost. But, as suggested above, the most plausible restoration of the lost word would suggest that the former was the father of the latter. Most of the pious deeds specified in the section below were no doubt done by Mallikarjuna some years earlier than the date of the record since, as we have seen, he was apparently dead when the pillar was set up. The said sentence is followed by a reference to the pious deeds mentioned below as grants made in favour of the god Mantrakūta-Gopinātha (apparently the same as Göpijanavallabha of Mantrakūta): (1) a tank at Nāgavura (modern Nägäram on the Godavari, about 4 miles to the north of Manthani); (2) one nivartana of land at Angalûra (modern Anglür to the north-west of Manthani); (3) a plot of land producing yāvanāla crops at Manapadi-tataka (literally the tank of Mânapadi '), the area of which may have been seven halas; and (4) ton plots (probably halas) of land at Gahlarudavura.
The last transaction (lines 29 ff.) recorded in the section under review, the latter part of the writing being lost, refers to a piece of land which was apparently received from & governor of Chērnuri-dēsa with the consent of Kakatiya Ganapatidēva-mahārāja. The name of the governor was probably Sömökvara who is stated to have been the darhitra (daughter's son) of Allumprðlarāja. As suggested above, the Kākatiya king possibly appointed the daughter's son of Allumprõlaraja the governor of Chinnur Taluk on the death of his maternal grandfather. The details about the location, etc., of the gift land, which seems to have been situated in the Chinnur Taluk, are lost with the exception of the reference to its southern boundary at the beginning of the next side. This section shows that, although Mallikarjuna was dead before the pillar was raised, he was alive during the first few years of Kakatiya Ganapati's reign. Otherwise it would not have been possible for him to accept a gift from the successor of the daughter's son of Allumprõlarāja who was living in 1199 A.D., with king Ganapati's consent. Mallikarjuna therefore ontiived his disciple Pratāparudra I.
Fourth Side The writing on this side begins with the statement that the piece of land, which was the subject of the transaction recorded in the concluding part of the writing on the third side, was bounded on the north by Gundi-vängu (literally, the Cundi canal or stream'). It is further said that a Siva-linga was installed in the said land apparently by Mallikarjuna
(f. below, p. 74, note 7.