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If those identifications are correct, it may be concluded that the Plakki or Palaki vishaya comprised at least the contiguous portions, if not the whole, of the Sarvasiddhi and Anakapalli Taluks of the Visakhapatnam District. As such, Cherupuru must also be looked for in the same region. There is a village called Chipurupalli in the Anakapalli Taluk, which may be identified with Cherupūru. I think that Kubja-Vishnuvardhana's plates were found near this Chipurupalli and not near the other village of the same name. Both the grants of Vishnuvardhana I issued from the coastal region of Andhra thus appear to have been discovered in the AnakapalliSarvasiddhi region which was known in early times as the Plakki or Palaki vishaya. The ! in Plakki and Palaki was later changed into and the name became Prakki which was applied to this territorial division in later times.
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First Plate 1 Om svasti | Srimat-Kalldra-vāsakāt Svāmibhațţäraka-pada-padma-prasād-42 väpta-räjyänām Härīti-priya-putränāṁ Mänavya-sagðträņām=Adva3 mëdha-yājinām Chalukyanāṁ kula-jaladhi-samudbhūta-rāja-ratna4 sya sakala-jagad-ārtti-hara-karmmaņaḥ bri-Kirttivarmmanaḥ priya8 naptā sva-pitur=anūna-guna-gap-o[d*]dyõtita-rochishạõr=aidamyugina-Ma6 hävinhpõḥ Vishnuvarddhana-mahärājasya priya-tanayah
Second Plate, First Side 7 pravarddhamāna-pratāp-õpanamita-ripu-nfipati-makuta-tata-ghatita-ma8 pi-mayükha-mañjari-puñja-piñjarita-charan-äravinda-yugalah para9 ma-brahmaṇyo mātā-pitçi-pād-anuddhyātaḥ sri-Pri(Pri)thivi-Jayasimha10 vallabha-mahārājaḥ Plakki-vishayam=adhiväsinaḥ kuțumbinaḥ 11 samājñāpayati [l*) Yatha Maudgalya-sagðtrasya Kauthuma-Chhando12 ga-babrahmachāriņah Kumāraśarmmanaḥ pautrābhyan Vasubarmmanah
Second Plate, Second Side 18 puträbhyam(bbyām) Vinayaga[rma]-Vishņuśarmmabhyä[m] Trisahasra-pāragābhyam(bhyam) 14 shat-karmma-niratābhyām asmad-āyur-ārōgya-jaya-yas-oti16 vriddhayē Soma-grahanë udaka-pürvvam kritva Adivaszi
1 The village of Sarvasiddhi after which the Taluk got its name was, in all likelihood, founded by Jayasimhavallabha I who had the title Sarvasiddhi.
. From the original platen. • Expressed by symbol. • The expression more familiarly found in such contexts is yold-Muriddhayl. • This may be read as Adivdat also, since there is little difference betwoond and in this period.
