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No. 86] PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM PLATES 0% DADDA III; YEAR 427 197
4 patidēva-Mahārāju[lu]... 5 gvijayamu sēsi para6 mam[da]lamulu sādhi7 mchchi dakshiņa-digu-bhāgamu8 na Nelluru gālchi[na] tad-vi]rodhu9 laina patihāri Bayyana Tikka10 nala verasina śātrava-siram11 bulan-gam[duka)-křidā-vino12 damu salipi [Dra]vila-mam13 dalamuna Gulottu]mga-Rājē14 mdra-Chodani [vahim]chchi koni Nellü15 rirāju chēta [yēnu]mgulam gānki16 goni vachchi gu[m]di.. [tijai Sripa17 rvvatamuna [prasidhulagu Malli)18 nāthadēvara samtānamu Bhřimgi-mathamu ka19 ttischchi Chaitravu']ramaina Möttupallim-da20 na pēram-Gumāra-Ganapēśvara-sri-Mahā (de') vara 21 pratishţa sēyumu dānki mukhya ... 22 da yani]. .......
TRANSLATION .... [Ma]hāmaņdalēsvara Käkati [Gaņa]patidēva-Mahārāja [who had all titles], having completed (his) digvijaya (and) conquered other countries and having in the southern region played (like) balls with the heads of his opponents patihāri? Bayyana and Tikkana who burnt Nellûru together with those of their allies, having won over Kulottumga Rājēmdrachöda in Dravila-mandala, (and) having received presents (in) elephants from the king of Nellūru, .... and built at Śrīparvata a matha called the Bhțingi-matha belonging to the lineage of the famous Mallināthadēvs and consecrated at Möttupalle alias Chaitravura an image (of god called) Kumāra-Gapapēsvara-sri-Mahādēva, after his name . . . . . . . . .
No. 36-PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM PLATES OF DADDA WI; YEAR 427
(2 Plates)
S. N. CHAKRAVARTI, BOMBAY The grant edited below for the first time is engraved on two copper plates, each about 11" in length by 7' in breadth. It is the only inscription of the Gurjara chief Dadda III so far discovered. The plates were recently purchased by the Prince of Wales Museum of West rn India, Bombay. The owner was unable to give any information as to where, how and when they were
1 This gap may be filled up with the letter di. 2 [I would read [rakshim Jchchi.-N. L. R.] • The letter mu in muna looks like mri in the record. "The letter ou is engraved like ma. . The letter de is engraved below the line. • The continuation of the inscription is lost.
Vayirappa-Nayaka, a minister of Errasiddha, was called Padiyari (A. R. Nos. 378 and 364 of 1919).
• Receiving tributes in elephants was common in South India. Kulottunga-Chola I is stated to have roooivod tributes in elephants from the kings of remote islands (8.1.1., Vol. III, p. 144, 1.9). Muppidi-Nayaka also claims to have received such a tribute from the Pandya king (4 R. No. 724 of 1903).
