4. Tekkali plates, year 9.JAHRS, VI, 53-54. (Gopinatha Hфarichandana Jagadeva, the Raja of Tekkali=Raja), EI, XXVIII, No. 48, 298-302 (M. Venkataramayya=MV), IO, II, I, 4-6. (S.Rajaguru=SR)

This set of three copper plates was received for examination in 1934 by the Superintendent for Epigraphy, Mylapore, Madras, from the Deputy Tahsildar of Tekkali, Visakhapatnam District. It is registered as C.P. No. 13 of 1934-35 in the Annual Report on South Indian Epigraphy, 1934-5. The Superintendent for Epigraphy reports on page 52 of the said Report, on the charter as follows: "The plates measure 6 5/8" by 2 3/8" and have a ring-hole of about 5/8" in diameter near the left margin, through which passes the ring measuring 3 1/8" in diameter. The ends of this ring are soldered into the back of an oval seal which bears a worn-out legend on its oval counter-sunk surface measuring about 1 1/4" by 7/8". The ring had been cut when the plates were received by me. The first plate is engraved on the inner side only, while the other two plates have writing on both the sides, the second face of the third plate bearing only two lines of writing. The whole set including the ring and seal weigh 79 tolas and without these only 48 tolas. The plates are reported to belong to the Raja of Tekkali, who has published an inaccurate text of the inscription in the Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society, Vol. VI, p. 53. The Raja does not mention the place, or history, of the discovery of the plates, but only states that a Karnam of Tekkali had these in his possession when they came to his notice." The seal of the plates is very much worn out; nevertheless traces of four letters, in a single line, are visible. Of these the last can be made out as kta. The Raja of Tekkali, however, reads the whole legend as Pitрbhaktaх which is not clear in the photograph. It is not improbable that the legend might have been as read by the Raja, since we have three other instances of a similar legend which occurs on the seals of the Kоmarti plates (EI, Vol. IV, p. 143) and the Bobbili (EI, Vol. XXVII, p. 39) plates of Chaндavarman and on the Chicacole plates of Nandaprabhaгjanavarman. (Ind. Ant. Vol. XIII, p. 48. Dr. Fleet, who edited this record, could not decipher the legend on the seal. This was, however, read by Dr. Hultzsch as Pi[tрbhaktaх] - EI. Vol. IV, p. 143) (MV)

TEXT (From impressions)

First Plate

1 Svasti [|*] Vijaya-Varddhamаnapurа[t] pitрpаd-аnuddhyаtaх щrи-Mahаrаj-О-
2 mavarmmа Astihavеra-grаmе sarvva-samavеtаn=kuтumbinas=sa-
3 mаjгаpayaty=astu vо viditam [|*] asmаkaм sva-puny-а(нy-а)yur-yyaщо-
4 ёbhivрddhayе а-chandra-tаrak-аrkka-pratiштham=agrahаraм kрtvа a-

Second Plate: First Side

5 [ka]ra-grаhika-grаmaг=cha kрtvа sarvva-kara-bhara-parihаrai[х*] parihр[tya]
6 Ya[щa]щarmmaне Kащyapa-gоtrаya sampradattaх [|*] tad=еvaм viditvа
7 yuшmаbhiх pуrvv-оchita-maryyаday=оpasthаnaм karttavyam=iti
8 [mе]ya-hiraнy-аdi ch=оpanеyam=iti bhaviшyad-rаjгaщ=cha vijгаpa-

Second Plate: Second Side

9 yаmi dharmma-kkrama-vikkramаbhya(maiх) dаnam=anupаlanaг=ch=еti е-
10 шa khalu sa dharmmaх | api ch=аtra Vyаsa-gиtа[n*] щlоkаn=udа-
11 haranti [|*] Bahubhir=vvasudhа dattа vasudhа vasudhаdhipai[х|*] ya-
12 [sya] yasya yadа bhуmi[s*] tasya tasya tadа phalam [||*] Шaштiм-varшa-sa-

Third Plate: First Side

13 hasrанi svarggе mоdati bhуmida[х] [|*] аkшеptа ch=аnumantа cha tаny=еva
14 narakе vasеt [|*] Sva-datа(ttа)м para-dattам vа yatnаd=rakшa Yuddhi(dhi)-
15 шthira [|*] mahиm=mahimatа[м] щrештha dаnа[ch*]=chhrеyо=ёnupаlanam[||*] Mаghasya kр-
16 шнa-divasо(sе) saptamи sambatsara navama 9 svayam=аjга [||*]

Third Plate: Second Side

17 Rаjга sva-hasta-likhitaм щаsanaм pаpa-nащanam=[i]ti [|*]
18 Piштapura-vаstavyеna Kещava-dеvеna likhitam=[iti] [|*]