65. Tундigrаma Grant, Year 14
EI, XXXVI No. 1 (Sircar D.C.). Really this is a copy of Kandulapalem plates.

The inscription under study was lent to us for a short time for examination by Dr. E. Subrahmanyam, Superintendent, Nagarjunikonda Excavation Project, Guntur, in January 1957. It was noticed in the Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy, 1956-57, No. A 1. The exact findspot of the inscription is not known to us. This is a set of five thin plates. The measurement of the different plates is not uniform as expected. Thus the length of the five plates is respectively 6.2, 6, 6.4, 6.4 and 5.95 inches while their height is likewise 1.725, 1.65, 1.725, 1.75 and 1.75 inches. The first plate is inscribed only on the inner side, the other four plates having writing on both the sides. The first and second plates are consecutively numbered in the left margin on the reverse, though the other plates do not bear such numbers. A copper ring (about .3 inch in thickness and 2.5 inches in diameter) runs through a hole (.45 inch in diameter) near the left margin of the plates in order to hold them together. The ends of this ring are soldered beneath a bronze seal with an oval surface measuring 1.05 inches in length and .875" in breadth. It bears the emblem of a standing humped bull facing the proper left and not the lion generally believed to have been the crest of the Viшнukuндin family to which the charter belongs. [Cf. Suc. Sat., pp. 132, 138, 139. The seal of the Chikkulla plates of the same king is stated to bear the figure of a well-executed lion (above, Vol. IV, p. 194)] There is a crescent symbol above the bull and a damaged solar symbol above the crescent. The ring with the seal weighs 18 tolas while the weight of the five plates together is 38 1/2 tolas.
The characters of the record belong to the early Telugu-Kannaдa alphabet and resemble those of other Viшнukuндin charters including the Chikkulla plates [Above, v. IV, p. 193 ff.] of Vikramеndra III
The language of the inscription is Sanskrit. (DS)

First Plate

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1 Svasti Bhagavach-Chhrиparvvatasvаmi-pаd-аnuddhyаtasya Viшнukuндi(нди)nа[m]
2 еkа[da]щ-ащvamеdh-аvabhрth-аvadhauta-jagat-kalma-
3 шasya kratu-sahasra-yаjinaх sarvvamеdh-аvаpta-sarvvabhуta-
4 sva(svа)rаjyasya bahusuvarнн-aikаdaщaka-yаjinaх

Second Plate, First Side

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5 еkаdaщa-pauндarиka-prаpta-sarvv-ard[dhе]х yathа-vidyа(dhy-a)nu-
6 штhitaм(ta)-rаjasya(sу)y-оpapаdit-аdhirаjyasya tad-a-
7 nu puruшamеdh-аdy-aщешa-kratv-anuштhаna-jani-
8 ta-pаramештhyasya dеvаtidеvasya mahаrаja-

Second Plate, Second Side

9 щrи-Mаdhavava[r]mmaнaх priya-sуnоr=Vviшнukuндi-Vа-
10 kатaka-vaмщa-dvay-аlaмkрta-janmanaх pratаp-о-
11 panata-sakala-sаmanta-maгjari-piгjarita-
12 charaнa-kamala-yugalasya mahаrаja-

Third Plate, First Side

13 щrи-Vikramенdrabhaтт[а]rakavarmmaнaх priya-sуnоr=Vviшнukuнди(ндi)-
14 kula-tilakasya samаghrаta-mаtra-trasta-kаndi-
15 щиbhуta-viщиrннa-pranaшт-[а]щешa-dаyаdasya su-
16 dakшiн-aika-bаhu-sаhаyy-о[c]cair-nnиta-sva-va[м*]щa-kram-аga-

Third Plate, Second Side

17 t-аdhirаjyasya anеka-chаturddanta-samara-saмghaттa-vijayina[х*]
18 parama-mаhещvarasya paramabrа(bra)hmaнyasya yathа-vidhi-
19 viniryy[а]pi(ti)ta-ghaтik-аvаpta-puнya-saгcayasya
20 dharmma-vijayika-mahаrаj-Еndrabhaттаrakavarmmaнa[х*]

Fourth Plate, First Side

21 priya-putra[х] щrи-Viшнukuндy-anvaya-makuтa-chуlа(да)maнi[х]
22 Hara iv=apratihata-prabhаvaх sakala-bhuvana-rakша-
23 bhаr-aik-aщraya[х*] mahani(nи)ya-guно ma-
24 hи-mahеndraх Vikramеndrabhaттаrai(ra)kavarmma(rmmа) Vaiyеrakarе

Fourth Plate, Second Side

25 Tундi-nаmadhеya-grаmе [grаmе*]yakа[n*] еvam=аjгаpaya-
26 ti yathа asmai Аki-v[а]stavyаya Kauндinya-
27 sagоtrаya Аpastamba-sуtra-pаragatаya
28 Rudraщarmmaнaх putrаya Svаmiщarmmaне [Charmmapуnа(pura)-pаrщvе] Tундi-gr[а]mо=

Fifth Plate, First Side

29 smаbhir=ddattaх sarvva-bаdha-parihаrенa datta ity=еш=аjга-
30 panа [|*] аjгаptaм sva-mukham=еvaх(va |) imаni cha pаtakаni
31 vilоpayatuх(taх) [|*] Vi(Ni)ghnatам mаtр-gо-vipraх(pra)-bаla-yо-
32 шi[t*]-tapasvinaх [|*] yа gatis=sа bhavеd=vрtti[м*] harataщ=щаsan-а[м]kitaх(tаm) || [1*]

Fifth Plate, Second Side

33 [Bahubhi]r=vvasudhа dattа [bahubhi]щ=ch=аnupаli[tа] |
34 yasya yasya yadа bhуmi[s*]=tasya tasya tadа phalam || [2*]
35 Saмva 10 4 grи [2] di pratipadi [||*]