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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA No. 20─ NINGONDI GRANT OF PRABHANJANAVARMAN (1 Plate) D. C. SIRCAR, OOTACAMUND In or shortly before the year 1928, a set three inscribed copper plates appears to have been discovered somewhere in the Parlakimedi Taluk of the Ganjam District, formerly in Madras but now in Orissa. The actual findspot of the inscription is unknown, nor have we any knowledge about the circumstances leading to its discovery. It seems, however, that soon after the discovery of the inscription, the seal-ring holding the three plates together was removed. Some time in the year 1928, information regarding the discovery of the epigraph reached the ears of the late Sri Lakshminarayan Harichandan Jagadeb, Raja of Tekkali. The late Raja Saheb, who used to take great interest in the study of epigraphic material, succeeded in tracing the three loose plates of the inscription in the village of Āḍabā in the Parlakimedi Taluk and that of Kānnāyāvalasā (also called Kānnēvalasā or Kānnaivalasā) about nine miles from Tekkali, now in the Srikakulam District of the Andhra State. The first and third of the three plates were found in the possession of a goldsmith of Āḍabā, while the second of them in that of a gentleman of Kānnāyāvalsā, named Patnaikuni Gopalakrishna Varma. The Raja Saheb then studied the inscription with the help of the original plates as well as a few sets of impressions of the record, which had been prepared by him. The plates were returned to their owners. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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