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ACHYUTAPURAM PLATES OF INDRAVARMAN.
According to line 12 f. the grant was made on the occasion of the consecration of a tank
(taṭâka)1 in honour of the king’s mother. This tank appears to be distinct from the “King’s
Tank” (Râjataṭâka), near which the field was situated.
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First Plate.

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......1 The grant recorded in the Alamanda plates was made on a similar occasion ; see ante, p. 20. The construction
of a tank is one of the seven meritorious acts called saṁtâna or saṁtati ; see ante, p. 22, note 3.
......2 From the original plates.
......3 Expressed by a symbol in the original.
......4 Read 
......5 The engraver had originally omitted the word . He discovered his mistake after he had
written the words , which he effaced, and over which he engraved . Distinct
traces of the effaced letters are visible on the original plate and on the photo-lithograph.
......6 Read .
......7 Read .
......8 Read .
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