58. Ipur plates (set I), year 37.
EI. XVII No. 20, (E. Hultzsch), SN. No. III

This charter, found in the village Èpór (Tenali Taluk, Guntur District, A.P.) consists of a set of three copper plates (each measuring about 16.5 cm by 3.8 cm) and a copper ring (about 7 cm in diameter) with a somewhat worn out circular seal (2.75 cm in diameter), divided into two sections by a horizontal line in the middle. Above the line is found a symbol, already described, 55 with a lamp on either side and with the representations probably of the Sun and the Moon above, all cut in relief. Below the line is the legend (1) Ùrè-Màdhava-(2)varmmà, in two lines. The whole set of the charter weighs about 30 tolas. The following transcript is based on the plate of the record published in EI, XVII, facing p.334. (SN).
This is a set of three thin copper-plates in the possession of Brindavanam Gopalacharlu at the village of Èpór in the Tenàli Tàluk of the Guíòór District, which was brought to the notice of Rao Bahadur H. Krishna Sastri by Mr. A. Rangasvami Sarasvati. The plates measure 6 3/4 inches in breadth and 1 3/4 inches in height. The outer faces of the first and last plates have been left biank, while the middle one bears writing on both sides. The margins of the plates are not raised into rims, but the writing is in good preservation. The plates are strung on a copper ring, which is 3'' in diameter and is passed through a hole on the left side of the writing. The two ends of the ring are secured in the base of a circular seal, which measures 1 1/4" in diameter and is somewhat worn. It is divided by a cross-line into two sections. The lower section bears, in relief, the legend :ùrè Màdhavavarma in two lines. Above the line seems to be a figure of Lakømè or a Svastika on a pedestal, flanked by two lamp-stands and surmounted by the sun (?) and the crescent of the moon. The weight of the plates, with ring and seal, is 30 tolas. (EH)

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First Plate, Second Side

1 Svasti | Bhagavac-Chrèparvvatasvàmi-pàdànuddhyàtasya Viøíukuíäènàm=aparimita-bala-paràkramasya
2 paramadhàrmmikasya praíata-sakala-sàmantasy=ànåka-gî-hiraíya-bhómi-pradànasya mahàràjasya
3 ùri(ùrè)-Gîvindavarmmaíaõ putraõ smðti-mati-bala-sa[t*]tva-dhairyya-vèryya-vinaya-saìpannaõ
4 sakala-mahi(hè)maí[ä]alam-a[n]uja-pati-[p]ratipójita-ùàsanaõ Trivara-nagara-bhavana-gata-yuva-

Second Plate; First Side

5 ti-hðdaya-nandanaõ sva-naya-bala-vijita-sakala-sàmant-àtula-bala-vinaya-naya-niya-
6 ma-sa[t*]tva-sa[ì]pannaõ sakala-jagad-avanipati-pratipójita-ùàsanaõ Agniøòîma-sahasra-yà-
7 jè Hi[ra*]íyagarbbha-prasótaõ åkàdaù-Àùvamådh-àvabhðtha-vidhóta-jagat-kalmaøaõ susti(sthi)ra-
8 karmmà mahàràja-ùrè-Màdhavavarmmà vijayaskandhàvàrà[t*] Kuäàvàäa-vàsakå Guddàdi-viøa-

Second Plate, Second Side

9 yå Vilåmbali-gràma-janàn=sarvvàn=åvama(m=à)jãàpayati yathà [|*] asmai Vatsa-gîtràya bràhmaíà-
10 ya Aì(A)gniùarmmaíå asmad-vaìùa-vibhótyarttham(rtthaì) sarvva-parihàråía dattavàn=asmi [|*] tad=avagamya sarvva-
11 ràjapuruøaiõ pariharttavyaõ pàlayitavyaù=ca [|*] asy=àjãà priyaputraõ Maãchyaííabhaòòàrakaõ [|*]

Third Plate, First Side

12 Bahubhir=vvasudhà dattà bahubhiù=c=ànupàlità [|*] yasya yasya yadà bhómis=tasya tasya tadà pha-
13 la[m || 1*] Sva-dattàì para-dattàì và yî haråta vasundharàm [|*] àkøeptà c=ànumantà ca sarvvathà naraka[ì*] vrajåt [|| 2*]
14 Pravarddhamàna-vijayaràjya-saìvatsarå saptà(pta)-tri[ì]ùå Gi pa 7 di 10 5 |||