10. Chicacole plates.
I.A.XIII, P. 48-50 ff. (J.F. Fleet), IO, II, I, 40-43. (S.Rajaguru=SR)

This Inscription was edited by Dr. J. F. Fleet in I. A. Vol. XIII, (1884), pp, 48-50 ff. Regarding the history of discovery the learned editor remarks that "the inscriptions were found with four other sets and a sixth set which has been lost sight of, suspended by their rings on an iron bar across the mouth of a large pot which was discovered in digging the foundations of a wall at Chicacole in the old Ganjam District of the Madras Presidensy. The grants were purchased by W. F. Grahame, and were presented to the Madras Museum, where they now are." The seal on the ring contains the legend : '. ri[tрbhaktaх]' The inscription consists of three plates, each measuring about 7 1/8" 1 3/4". There is a ring attached to the plates. A seal on the ring is found rectangular in shape and a legend marked on it is not legible. Dr. Fleet does not make any suggestion regarding the date of the grant although he remarks that "Judging by the standard of palaeography it is decidedly ancient, and is probably pre-Chаukyan".(SR)

TEXT.

First Plate.Second Side.

1 svasti [||*] vijaya-sаrapalli-vаsakаt-paramabhаgavatо mаtа-pitр-pаda-
2. nuddhyа(dhyа)tas=sakala-Kaliкgаdhipati[х] щrи-mahаrаja-nandaprabha-
3. гjavarmmа Деyavате kuтumbinaх samаjгаpayati [|] viditam-
4. astu akшatаgrahаrиya brаhmaнa-haki(ri)щcandrasvаminе uda-

Second Plate; First Side.

5. ka pуvvе(rvvе)нa akaraм bhara-vанa-barjjaм (?) puнy-аyuy-ya(ry-ya)щasаm=abhivрddhayе
6. а candra-dа(tа)rak-аrka-pratiштhitam=agrahаraм krtvа sarvvakara parihа-
7. raiщ-=ca parihрtya dеvaмrаta-gоtra-caraнеbhyо(bhyaх) pradattaм [|] еvaм
8. jгаtvа yuшmаbhiх pуrvvоcita maryyаdayа sarvv-оpasthаnaм karttavyaм

Second Pilate; Second Side.

9. mеyaм hiraнy-аdya c-оpanеya[м] [|*] bhaviшyataщ-ca rаjго vijгаpayami
10. dharmmaм krama-vika(kra)mанам(на)m=anyatama yоgаd=avаpyam=anuщаsatам
11. pravрttakam-idaм dаnaм svadharmmam-anupaщyadbhi[х]-stadatit-iv-а-
12. yam-agrahаrо ёnupаlaya[х] [|*] api cаtra vyаsаgиtа-щlоkаn-udаha

Third Plate.

13. riшyаmi [||*] bahubhir-vvasudhа dattа rаjаnaх vasudh-аdhipaiх [|*] yasya
14. yasya yadа bhуmi[х] tasya tasya tadа phalam [||*] svadattaм(tам) para-
15. dattaм(tам) vа yatnаd-rakшa yudhiштhiraх(ra) [|*] mahиmatа[n]-cchrеsтa(штa) dаnа-
16. cchrеyо ёnupаlanam=uttamaм [||*] шaштiм varшa-sahasrанi svarggе mоdati bhу-
17. mida[х] аkшеptа-c-аnma(nu)[ma]ttа ca tаnyеva nа[na]rakше(kе) vasеt ||