65. Tóíäigràma Grant, Year 14
EI, XXXVI No. 1 (Sircar D.C.). Really this is a copy of Kandulapalem plates.

The inscription under study was lent to us for a short time for examination by Dr. E. Subrahmanyam, Superintendent, Nagarjunikonda Excavation Project, Guntur, in January 1957. It was noticed in the Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy, 1956-57, No. A 1. The exact findspot of the inscription is not known to us. This is a set of five thin plates. The measurement of the different plates is not uniform as expected. Thus the length of the five plates is respectively 6.2, 6, 6.4, 6.4 and 5.95 inches while their height is likewise 1.725, 1.65, 1.725, 1.75 and 1.75 inches. The first plate is inscribed only on the inner side, the other four plates having writing on both the sides. The first and second plates are consecutively numbered in the left margin on the reverse, though the other plates do not bear such numbers. A copper ring (about .3 inch in thickness and 2.5 inches in diameter) runs through a hole (.45 inch in diameter) near the left margin of the plates in order to hold them together. The ends of this ring are soldered beneath a bronze seal with an oval surface measuring 1.05 inches in length and .875" in breadth. It bears the emblem of a standing humped bull facing the proper left and not the lion generally believed to have been the crest of the Viøíukuíäin family to which the charter belongs. [Cf. Suc. Sat., pp. 132, 138, 139. The seal of the Chikkulla plates of the same king is stated to bear the figure of a well-executed lion (above, Vol. IV, p. 194)] There is a crescent symbol above the bull and a damaged solar symbol above the crescent. The ring with the seal weighs 18 tolas while the weight of the five plates together is 38 1/2 tolas.
The characters of the record belong to the early Telugu-Kannaäa alphabet and resemble those of other Viøíukuíäin charters including the Chikkulla plates [Above, v. IV, p. 193 ff.] of Vikramåndra III
The language of the inscription is Sanskrit. (DS)

First Plate

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1 Svasti Bhagavach-Chhrèparvvatasvàmi-pàd-ànuddhyàtasya Viøíukuíäi(íäè)nà[m]
2 åkà[da]ù-àùvamådh-àvabhðth-àvadhauta-jagat-kalma-
3 øasya kratu-sahasra-yàjinaõ sarvvamådh-àvàpta-sarvvabhóta-
4 sva(svà)ràjyasya bahusuvaríí-aikàdaùaka-yàjinaõ

Second Plate, First Side

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5 åkàdaùa-pauíäarèka-pràpta-sarvv-ard[dhå]õ yathà-vidyà(dhy-a)nu-
6 øòhitaì(ta)-ràjasya(só)y-îpapàdit-àdhiràjyasya tad-a-
7 nu puruøamådh-àdy-aùåøa-kratv-anuøòhàna-jani-
8 ta-pàramåøòhyasya dåvàtidåvasya mahàràja-

Second Plate, Second Side

9 ùrè-Màdhavava[r]mmaíaõ priya-sónîr=Vviøíukuíäi-Và-
10 kàòaka-vaìùa-dvay-àlaìkðta-janmanaõ pratàp-î-
11 panata-sakala-sàmanta-maãjari-piãjarita-
12 charaía-kamala-yugalasya mahàràja-

Third Plate, First Side

13 ùrè-Vikramåídrabhaòò[à]rakavarmmaíaõ priya-sónîr=Vviøíukuíäè(íäi)-
14 kula-tilakasya samàghràta-màtra-trasta-kàndi-
15 ùèbhóta-viùèríía-pranaøò-[à]ùåøa-dàyàdasya su-
16 dakøií-aika-bàhu-sàhàyy-î[c]cair-nnèta-sva-va[ì*]ùa-kram-àga-

Third Plate, Second Side

17 t-àdhiràjyasya anåka-chàturddanta-samara-saìghaòòa-vijayina[õ*]
18 parama-màhåùvarasya paramabrà(bra)hmaíyasya yathà-vidhi-
19 viniryy[à]pi(ti)ta-ghaòik-àvàpta-puíya-saãcayasya
20 dharmma-vijayika-mahàràj-Åndrabhaòòàrakavarmmaía[õ*]

Fourth Plate, First Side

21 priya-putra[õ] ùrè-Viøíukuíäy-anvaya-makuòa-chólà(äà)maíi[õ]
22 Hara iv=apratihata-prabhàvaõ sakala-bhuvana-rakøà-
23 bhàr-aik-aùraya[õ*] mahani(nè)ya-guíî ma-
24 hè-mahåndraõ Vikramåndrabhaòòàrai(ra)kavarmma(rmmà) Vaiyårakarå

Fourth Plate, Second Side

25 Tóíäi-nàmadhåya-gràmå [gràmå*]yakà[n*] åvam=àjãàpaya-
26 ti yathà asmai Àki-v[à]stavyàya Kauíäinya-
27 sagîtràya Àpastamba-sótra-pàragatàya
28 Rudraùarmmaíaõ putràya Svàmiùarmmaíå [Charmmapónà(pura)-pàrùvå] Tóíäi-gr[à]mî=

Fifth Plate, First Side

29 smàbhir=ddattaõ sarvva-bàdha-parihàråía datta ity=åø=àjãà-
30 panà [|*] àjãàptaì sva-mukham=åvaõ(va |) imàni cha pàtakàni
31 vilîpayatuõ(taõ) [|*] Vi(Ni)ghnatàì màtð-gî-vipraõ(pra)-bàla-yî-
32 øi[t*]-tapasvinaõ [|*] yà gatis=sà bhavåd=vðtti[ì*] harataù=ùàsan-à[ì]kitaõ(tàm) || [1*]

Fifth Plate, Second Side

33 [Bahubhi]r=vvasudhà dattà [bahubhi]ù=ch=ànupàli[tà] |
34 yasya yasya yadà bhómi[s*]=tasya tasya tadà phalam || [2*]
35 Saìva 10 4 grè [2] di pratipadi [||*]