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.
EPIGRAPHIC DATE: Kartika Purnima (Lunar Eclipse), c. 612-642 CE.
PURPOSE: Re-establishment of Vedic learning after the Vishnukundin-Chalukya transition.

The Emperor

Pulakesin II

Referred to as the son of Kirti Verma. He performed the ritual during a sacred eclipse at the confluence of the rivers.

The Scholar

Mabuganasvami

Of the Atreya Gotra and Apasthambasutra. Son of Malarevasvami; a high-ranking member of the Indupur elite assembly.

Land Measure

25 Navaratnas

The grant specifies land measured by the Rajamana (Royal Standard), situated on the southern bank of the Chinteru.

The Institution

Indupur Ghatika

An autonomous "University" identified with modern Undavelli. Members were granted land to ensure perpetual research and teaching.

MAPPING THE 7th CENTURY TO TODAY

Tummeyanuru

Tummilla (Village)

District: Jogulamba Gadwal, Telangana

Located in Vaddepally Mandal, near the Tungabhadra river banks.

GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT (Inscriptional Sites)

• Santanur: Identified as modern Shantinagar.
• Pulikurope: Identified as modern Pullur.
• Indupur: Identified as modern Undavelli (Manopad/Vaddepally border).
• Chinteru: An ancient branch or tributary feeding the Tungabhadra.