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No. 25.] TALEGAON COPPER-PLATES OF KRISHNA-RAJA I; SAKA 690.
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(V. 72.) This cansoway of charity is common to (all) kings. (Therefore O ! kinge) it is always to be protected by yon.' (Thus) does Ramachandra again and again request all the futare rulers of the earth.
(LI. 102-103.) (This is the writing of Singa-näyadu; (and this) the writing of Mammadināyadu.
Appendix.-Names of the recipients, their gotras and fikhas.
Name of recipient.
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.Yajus.
Do.
Yajíē varärys . .
Arlafinga 3 Märeppanárys . . .
Peddi-bhatta . .
Sarvadēva, son of Prölay&rys 6 Dasul-Annams. . 7 Chelipeddi Nrisimha . 8 Palupáka Npilari .
Chiţisāmaya-bhatta. 10 Ganga-Prölaya . .
. Bharadvaja
Do.
Do, Gautams. . śrivatss
Kaupdinys Srivatas .
Kābyspa. .Harita
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No. 25.--TALEGAON COPPER-PLATES OF KRISHNA-RAJA I; SAKA 690.
BY STEN Konow. The first notice of this inscription was given by Mr. D. R. Bhandarkar, who states that the plates were sent to him for decipherment by. Sirdar K. C. Mehendale, Secretary of the Bhārat-itihās-bambodhak-mandal, and that they have been found at Talegaon Dhamdhërë, a village of the Sirir tāluka in the Poona District, situated at 18° 40' N. and 74° 9' E., twenty miles north-east of Poona city.
There are altogether three plates, 13}" long and 6]-7}" broad. The first and the third plate bave no writing on their outer sides, the second one carries writing on both sides. The first plate contains eight, the obverse and the reverse of the second, and the obverse of the third each ten lines of writing. At the bottom of the reverses of the first two plates there are moreover some illegible scribbles in a later handwriting. At the end of the inscription are two double circles, each surrounding a floral design. There are circular ring holes on the left sides of the plates, but we have no information about the existence of a ring or a seal. The writing has in some places become rather effaced. This is especially the case in the beginning and at the end of the inscription and at the bottom of the obverse of the second plate. Fortanately, however, everything which is of importance oan be made out with certainty.
The alphabet belongs to the southern group and is of the same kind as in other southern plates of the same date. The shape of individual letters varies in a few places. Thus, the kesi
Progress Report of the Archeological Survey of India, Western Circle, for the year ending 31st March 1918, p. 54.
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