Alavakoṇḍa plates, time of Viṣṇugopa, year 1

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⟨1v1=1⟩ siddham ||

⟨1v1=1⟩ vijayatthāṇā mahārājassa Appadi(ha)ta-sāsaṇassa s(ā)ma-

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⟨4r2=20⟩ ñcamī 5 _ bahubhir vvasudhā dattā _ bah(u)bhiś cānupālitā yasya yasya ya-

⟨4r3=21⟩ dā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaM svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vā yo hareta vasu-

⟨4r4=22⟩ ndharāM gavāṁ śata-sahasrasya hantuḥ ⟨⟨p(i)⟩⟩bati duṣkṛtaM Iti svasti

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⟨22⟩ Thus [it is said].

⟨23⟩ Fortune!

Bibliography

Edited in Reddy and Krishna Reddy 2000 with visual documentation.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on published estampages.

Primary

[RKR] Reddy, A. K. V. S. and N. Krishna Reddy. 2000. “A newly discovered Prākrit copper plate grant of Pallava Viṣṇugōpavarman, year 1.” In: Śāṅkaram: Recent researches on Indian culture (Professor Srinivasa Sankaranarayanan Festschrift). Edited by S. S. Ramachandra Murthy, B. Rajendra Prasad and D. Kiran Kranth Choudary. New Delhi: Harman, pp. 67–70.

Secondary

[EF] Francis, Emmanuel. 2013. Le discours royal dans l'Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IV-IX siècles. Tome I : Introduction et sources. Publications de l'Institut orientaliste de Louvain 64. Louvain-la-Neuve; Paris: Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste; Peeters. Item IR 5.