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TWO INSCRIPTIONS OF EASTERN CHALUKYA PRINCES.
residence of Svētaka, the Mahasamanta, Śrīsāmanla, Rājānaka, Rājaputra, Kumārāmālya, Uparika, Dandanayaka, Vishayapati, Gramapati and other officers in the Jalamvōra-vishaya, thus:
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Ll. 12 to 24. Be it well known to you that the land in the village of Amerasinga belonging to this province, bounded on the east by the western face of the tank as far as the river, on the west by the Bhogapaṭaka land of Vriddhabhōgika, on the north by such limit as you like and on the south by the river as far as the middle of its bed, is granted to Bhattaputra Jaksha]svamiBarman of the Vajasaneya-charana, Kāņva-sākhā, Jātukarna-gotra, Vasishthaṭṭa(vat)Jatukarṇa-pravara and Jatukarṇavat-Jivadvijeshthavat-anupravara, for the increase of the merit of my father, mother and self, accompanied with the handful of water, to be enjoyed by him as long as the moon, sun and earth last. Nobody, whoever he may be, should interfere with this, out of regard for virtue and myself.
Ll. 24 to 32. It is stated thus in the Dharma-sastra. (Then follow four of the customary benedictive and admonitory verses.)
Ll. 32 to 35. The dutaka here is Mahāsāmanta śrī-Nāgakheddi. (The document was) written by Mahapratihāra Adityavarman; the king's seal was affixed (to it) by Mahāsandhivigrahika Chandapaka; and it was engraved by Kamsaraka (brazier) Děvapila.
No. 24.-TWO COPPER-PLATE INSCRIPTIONS OF EASTERN CHALUKYA PRINCES.
BY THE LATE K. V. LAKSHMANA RAO, M.A., MADRAS.
The two copper-plate inscriptions which are now for the first time published, with plates. deserve special study by the students of South-Indian history. They are issued by the two brothers Bädapa' and Tals II, sons of Yuddhamalla II, not hitherto known to us. The first of the plates riz. the Arumbaka Plates of Badapa will be referred to as A and the second riz. the Sripuṇḍi Plates of Tala II as B.
A. THE ARUMBĀKA PLATES OF BADAPA.
These plates were found in 1921, buried underground in a pot, at a village called Polamūru in the Tanuku taluka of the Krishna District, Madras Presidency. I received them from a gentleman of that place and forwarded them for examination to the Assistant Archeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Madras. The ring was not cut when they were first sent to me. They are noticed in the Annual Report on Epigraphy for 1920-21 aud are numbered as No. 16 of Appendix A, in that report. I edit the inscription from the original plates and from one set of ink-impressions kindly supplied by Mr. G. Venkoba Rao, the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Madras.
The plates are five in number and measure 43" high and 94" broad and are hung together on a ring 5" in diameter. A massive seal with a diameter of 31" is fixed on to the ring. On its surface are cut in relief at the top the figures of the crescent and an ankusa in horizontal position placed below it, with the legend Sri-Tribhuvana m]kusa cut below the latter. Below the
This proper name has been read as Badapa in the Epigraphical Reports, Southeru Circle, for 1909, p. 108 and for 1920, pp. 86-7. But examining carefully all da's and da's in these two inscriptions and comparing them with each other I have come to the conclusion that the second letter in this word is a dental and not a lingual.
3 The last syllable of the legend is pat in the second line, to the proper right of the boar.
