Indupur Ghatika

The Indupur Ghatika

Institutional Record of the Badami Chalukya Era

SOURCE: Tummeyanuru (Jogulamba Gadwal District) Inscriptions of AP, Mahabubnagar District, Vol-I (2003), pp. 1-2.
DATE: Kartika Purnima (Lunar Eclipse), c. 612-642 CE.

The Emperor

Pulakesin II

Son of Kirti Verma. Issued the grant in the sacred presence of Lord Sangamesvara.

The Scholar

Mabuganasvami

Son of Malarevasvami; of Atreya Gotra and Apasthambasutra. A member of the Indupur Ghatika.

Land Measure

25 Navaratnas

Measured by the Rajamana (Royal Measure). Located on the Southern bank of the Chinteru.

The Institution

Indupur Ghatika

The elite center of learning (identified with modern Undavelli) whose members were granted land directly by the Badami Chalukya throne.

MAPPING THE 7th CENTURY TO TODAY

Tummeyanuru

Tummilla (Village)

District: Jogulamba Gadwal, Telangana

Located in Vaddepally Mandal, near the Tungabhadra river banks.

GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT (Modern Equivalents)

• Santanur: Modern Shantinagar
• Pulikurope: Modern Pullur
• Indupur Ghatika: Modern Undavelli (Manopad Mandal)
• Chinteru: Branch of the Tungabhadra River