Nagulapalli Ghatikasthala

The 122 Panditas of Nagulapalli

Vidyadana Center of the Savalakkebada

Inscribed 30th January, 1050 CE

State Benefactors

The grant was sanctioned during the reign of Trailokyamalladeva (Somesvara I who ruled from 1042 - 1068 CE) and executed through the regional hierarchy of the Western Chalukya state.

Pampa Permanadi Mahasamanta

Lord of the Savalakkebada and Kasavula-70; the high-ranking provincial ruler under whose authority the endowment was formalized.

Bibbesvara Bidina-Vritti-Pala

Officer in the service of Pampa Permanadi and Holder of the Bidina Vritti (Headquarters Estate). He personally performed the ritual of Vidyadana.

Academic Leadership

Somesvara Pandita Gurudeva

The respected teacher and primary recipient of the Gurudakshina for imparting knowledge.

Chakrapani Pandita Pandita-Pramukha

Leader of the collective body of 122 learned Panditas supported by the state endowment.

Endowment & Guardians

The faculty was supported by lands in Pattala and Nagulapalli, irrigated by the Hiriyakalwa of Kolkuru.

The 150 Prabhugamundus Sakshis

Led by Kondisetti and Kammakallasetti; these Village Lords served as the legal guardians of the university lands.

Vidyadana Assets:

• 150 Marttars: Pannasa land in Pattala (Kolkuru-42).
• 400 Marttars: Land for the 122 Panditas.
• Water Rights: Guaranteed flow via the Hiriyakalwa (Great Canal).

Geographic Path

The university was a focal point of the 1.25 Lakh province (Savalakkebada), linked by the canal system.

Intake: Kolkuru-42 (Medak District)

Center: Nagulapalli (Sangareddy District)

Terminus: Lombalikanadu (Vikarabad District)

The Ghatika Curriculum

Based on contemporary Western Chalukya records (Nagai & Morigere), the 122 Panditas of Nagulapalli presided over a rigorous curriculum known as the Chaturvimsati-vidya.

Nyaya: The science of Logic and Debate.

Dharmashastra: Legal and Administrative codes.

Vyakarana: Advanced Grammar (Linguistics).

Mimamsa: Philosophical Interpretation.

"Where the waters of the Hiriyakalwa of Kolkuru nourished the soil, the 122 Panditas nourished the mind."

Source: Inscriptions of AP, Medak District (2001), pp. 61-65.