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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
Third Plate
B. ─Grant No. 2 This grant[3] also consists of three plates which do not have raised rims. Each plate is 7.7ʺ long and 2·1ʺ broad. The plates are strung together on a circular copper ring (3·1ʺ in diameter) which passes through a hole (·5ʺ in diameter) at the left margin of each plate. The ends of the ring are soldered at the bottom of a circular seal 1·7ʺ in diameter. On the upper and lower portions of the seal are engraved in relief a crescent moon and a lotus respectively, the middle portion being occupied by the legend Śrī-Sarvasiddhi. The first and last plates bear writing on one side only while the second plate is inscribed on both sides. Of the inscribed sides, the first three have each six lines of writing, the last one containing seven lines.
The characters belong to the Southern Class of Alphabets, being normal for the period and the area to which the inscription belongs. They are similar to those found in the early Eastern Chālukya grants. Final t occurs in line 1 and final m in lines 14, 15, etc. The consonants d, t, m and v after r are doubled as in the early grants. Dravidian l occurs in line 12 in Plakki and the jihvāmūlīya in line 16. The initial vowel ai, which rarely occurs in inscriptions, is met with in line 5. This ai resembles khā in line 17 divested of its medial ā sign. The form of kh in line 1, n in lines 2, 14 and 19 and kṛi in lines 4 and 17 are noteworthy on account of their peculiarities. The letters kh and ch are almost alike. The language of the inscription is Sanskrit. With the exception of the last two imprecatory verse, it is in prose. The inscription belongs to the reign of Pṛithivī-Jayasiṁhavallabha I of the Chālukya family, who is described as in the previous charter. It records that the king, having created (made provision for) a dwelling place in Kuḍivāḍa, granted thirtytwo nivartanas of land, separating it from the village of Kundūru and constituting it into a separate agrahāra by freeing it from all encumbrances.[4] The donees were two Brāhmaṇa brothers, namely Svāmiyaśas and Vishṇuyaśas who were the students of the Chhandōga and belonged to the Vatsa gōtra. They had studied the Vēda, Vēdāṅga, ____________________________________________________________
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