# Penukonda Plates of Mādhava II (495 AD)

Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Identifier: DHARMA_INSVaria90016

Repository: Varia Epigraphy (varia-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSVaria90016.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-09-29 11:15 (2438289), last modified 2026-09-29 11:15
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## Summary

The previous identifier was INSEI14_24.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1v⟩

⟨1⟩ ⟨2⟩ ⟨3⟩ ⟨4⟩ ⟨5⟩ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨6⟩ ⟨7⟩ ⟨8⟩ ⟨9⟩ ⟨10⟩ ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨11⟩ ⟨12⟩
⟨13⟩ ⟨14⟩ ⟨15⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨16⟩ yo ’sya harttā sa pañcamahāpātaka-samyukto
bhavati∥ Api cātra manu-gītāḥ ślokāḥ

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨17⟩ bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā
rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ
yasya yasya yadā bhūmis
tasya tasya tadā phalam

2. Anuṣṭubh

⟨18⟩ svan dātuṁ sumahac chakyan
du¿ṣ?⟨ḥ⟩kham anyārttha–pālanam
dānaṁ vā pālanaṁ veti
danāc chreyo ’nupālanam

3. Anuṣṭubh

⟨19⟩ sva-dattām para-dattāṁ vā
yo hareta vasundharāM
ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-sahasrāṇi
ghore tamasi varttate

⟨20⟩ Iti suvarṇṇakārārryaputreṇa Apāpena likhiteyan tāmra-paṭṭikā

## Commentary

Dynasty of Gaṅga kings of Mysore ; three plates with four faces engraved
(5 lines per face); grant of 65 paddy fields to a Brahmin by the Gaṅga
king Mādhava, Fleet’s opinion on the date: 475 AD

Each stanza starts at the beginning of a line and the w are all
inscribed on the third plate

## Bibliography

### Primary

[R] Rice, B. Lewis. 1917–1918. “Penukonda Plates of Madhava II (III).”
EI 14, pp. 331–339.