12. Ràgîlu plates
EI, XII, No.1, 1-3 (E. Hultzsch); IO, II, I, 21-24 (S.Rajaguru).

This inscription is engraved on four copper-plates measuring about 5 5/16 inches in breadth and about 2 3/4 inches in height, the two outermost plates are inscribed only on their-inner side, but the two middle ones on both sides. The plates were discovered while ploughing at Ràgîlu near Chicacole in tbe Ganjam district. They were rescued by their present owner, Mr. G. Ramadas, B.A., Teacher, Mrs. A. V. N. College at Vizagapatam, when they were about to be melted down into copper. as the inscription is so much damaged that perfect impressions are difficult to obtain, my late lamented friend Rai Bahadur V. Venkayyaa sent me the original plates (his covering letter of the 25th September 1912 is the last communication received trom him and will be treasured up as such) about which he added the following remarks: - "Each plate has a ring-hole on its lett side about 3/8 inch from the left margin. There was no ring or seal when the plates were brought to me originally. But when they were sent to me a second time, they were accompanied by an oval seal (1 1/4 inch by 1 3/4 inch nearly) soldered on a broken ring. The seal bears two lines of writing (in the alphabet of the plates), of which the second may be Ùak[t]i-varmma[íaõ ?]." The village granted, Ràk[a]l[u]va, is evidently identical with the modern Ràgîlu, where the plates were discovered. Piøòapura, where the king resided at the time of the grant, is the ancient name of Piòhàpuram in the Gîdàvarè district and is mentioned also in the Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta, in the Aihole inscription of Pulakåùin II, and in the Timmapuram plates of Viøíuvardhana I. (EH)

Seal

l mahàràjasya ùrè-
2 ùaktivarmmaíaõ (EH)

TEXT.

First Plate, Second Side

1 siddhir-astu || svasti vijaya-piøòapuràt-kaliêg-àdhi-
2 patir-mmàga[dha]-kul-àlaêkariøíur-vvàsiøòhè-putrî-
3 mahàràja-ùrè-Ùa[kti]varmmà Kaliêga-viøayå-
4 Ràkaluva-gràmå sarvva-samanvvàgat-àntahapatitàn

Second Plate; First Side.

5 àjãàpayati [|*] asty-åøa gràmakî-¸smàbhiõ svapu-
6 ny-àyur-bbala-vðddhayå à candra-tàrakàd-agrahàraì
7 [kðtvà sàvaríía]-sagîtra-paãcàrøåya-vàjasanåyi-
8 bràhmaía-Kumàraùarmmaíå ¸øòàbhyaù-ca pu[tråbhya]

Second Plate; Second Side.

9 åvam-åtasmai gîtràya dattaõ abhaòa-pràvåùyaõ
10 sarvvakara-pradåyaiù-ca parihðtas-tajjãàtvà yuømàbhiõ
11 pórvva-pravðttayà maryyàdayîpasthànaê=kartta-
12 vyam-måya-hiraíyàdyaã-c-îpanåyam [|*]

Third Plate; First Side.

13 asmad-gîtrajàù-ca vàcyàõ [|*] yaõ pramàdàl-lîbhàd-v-àsya
14 lîpaì kuryyàt-sa paãcamahàpàtaka-saìyuktî bhavåt [|*]
15 yå cànyå ràjànas=tàìù-ca vijãàpayati [|] ràjadharmî ¸ya-
16. m-ity-anupàlayitavyaõ [|] bhavanti càtra pràg=abhihitàõ

Third Plate; Second Side.

17 ùlîkàõ [|] Bahubir=vvasudhà dattà vasudhà vasudhàdhipaiõ [|*]
18 yasya yasya yadà bhómis=tasya tasya tadà phalam [|| 1*]
19 Øaøòiì-varøa-sahasràíi svarggå vasati bhómidaõ [|*]
20 àkøåptà ch=ànumantà cha tàny=åva narakå vaså[t] [|| 2]

Fourth Plate; First Side.

21. Pórvva-dattàì dvijàtibhyî yatnàd=rakøa Yudhiøòhira [|*]
22 mahèm=mahimatàì ùråøòha dànàch=chhråyî=¸nupàlanam=iti [|| 3*]
23 saìvatsarå trayîdaùå vaiùàkha paurííamàsyàm []
24 svayam=àjãàptir-amàty-Àrjjunadattåna likhitam [|]