10. Chicacole plates.
I.A.XIII, P. 48-50 ff. (J.F. Fleet), IO, II, I, 40-43. (S.Rajaguru=SR)

This Inscription was edited by Dr. J. F. Fleet in I. A. Vol. XIII, (1884), pp, 48-50 ff. Regarding the history of discovery the learned editor remarks that "the inscriptions were found with four other sets and a sixth set which has been lost sight of, suspended by their rings on an iron bar across the mouth of a large pot which was discovered in digging the foundations of a wall at Chicacole in the old Ganjam District of the Madras Presidensy. The grants were purchased by W. F. Grahame, and were presented to the Madras Museum, where they now are." The seal on the ring contains the legend : '. ri[tðbhaktaõ]' The inscription consists of three plates, each measuring about 7 1/8" 1 3/4". There is a ring attached to the plates. A seal on the ring is found rectangular in shape and a legend marked on it is not legible. Dr. Fleet does not make any suggestion regarding the date of the grant although he remarks that "Judging by the standard of palaeography it is decidedly ancient, and is probably pre-Chàukyan".(SR)

TEXT.

First Plate.Second Side.

1 svasti [||*] vijaya-sàrapalli-vàsakàt-paramabhàgavatî màtà-pitð-pàda-
2. nuddhyà(dhyà)tas=sakala-Kaliêgàdhipati[õ] ùrè-mahàràja-nandaprabha-
3. ãjavarmmà Äåyavàòå kuòumbinaõ samàjãàpayati [|] viditam-
4. astu akøatàgrahàrèya bràhmaía-haki(ri)ùcandrasvàminå uda-

Second Plate; First Side.

5. ka póvvå(rvvå)ía akaraì bhara-vàía-barjjaì (?) puíy-àyuy-ya(ry-ya)ùasàm=abhivðddhayå
6. à candra-dà(tà)rak-àrka-pratiøòhitam=agrahàraì krtvà sarvvakara parihà-
7. raiù-=ca parihðtya dåvaìràta-gîtra-caraíåbhyî(bhyaõ) pradattaì [|] åvaì
8. jãàtvà yuømàbhiõ pórvvîcita maryyàdayà sarvv-îpasthànaì karttavyaì

Second Pilate; Second Side.

9. måyaì hiraíy-àdya c-îpanåya[ì] [|*] bhaviøyataù-ca ràjãî vijãàpayami
10. dharmmaì krama-vika(kra)màíàì(íà)m=anyatama yîgàd=avàpyam=anuùàsatàì
11. pravðttakam-idaì dànaì svadharmmam-anupaùyadbhi[õ]-stadatit-iv-à-
12. yam-agrahàrî ¸nupàlaya[õ] [|*] api càtra vyàsàgètà-ùlîkàn-udàha

Third Plate.

13. riøyàmi [||*] bahubhir-vvasudhà dattà ràjànaõ vasudh-àdhipaiõ [|*] yasya
14. yasya yadà bhómi[õ] tasya tasya tadà phalam [||*] svadattaì(tàì) para-
15. dattaì(tàì) và yatnàd-rakøa yudhiøòhiraõ(ra) [|*] mahèmatà[n]-cchråsòa(øòa) dànà-
16. cchråyî ¸nupàlanam=uttamaì [||*] øaøòiì varøa-sahasràíi svarggå mîdati bhó-
17. mida[õ] àkøåptà-c-ànma(nu)[ma]ttà ca tànyåva nà[na]rakøå(kå) vasåt ||