Amudalapadu Inscription of Badami Chalukya Vikramaditya I
Vikramaditya I: Amudalapadu Grant Date: 30th April A.D. 660 (Vaisakha Purnima) Dynasty: Western Chalukya Language: Sanskrit Script: Old Telugu-Kannada Vanguruvati vishaya
Historical Profile: Amudalapadu
4 Copper Plates Varaha (Boar) Seal Weight: 91.5 Tolas
Find-spot near Alampur; Year 5 of Vikramaditya I.
Primary Significance:
Records the Sivamandaladiksha (Saivite initiation) of the King, performed by Sudarsanacharya . This ma…
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Vishnukundin Tummalagudem Inscriptions
The Vishnukundi Chronicles: Indrapura & Sakrapura A Comprehensive Reconstruction from the Tummalagudem Inscriptions 📍 Location & Chronology Findspot: Tummalagudem, Ramannapeta Taluk, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Telangana. Ancient Capital: Indrapura (Sakrapura) / Indrapalagutta. Language/Script: Sanskrit in "Southern Characters." 📜 The Sacred Edicts Inscription Set I: Year 37 of Govindavarman Issued on Vaisakha Purnima by Govindavarman. Benef…
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Phanigiri or Dharmachakrapuram of Ikshvakus
Phanigiri: The Final Records of the Ikshvakus Dynasty: Ikshvaku | Location: Tirumalagiri, Suryapet I. The 3rd Century Foundation Source: Indian Archaeology 2010-2011 (Page 117)
Excavations at Phanigiri (historically known as Dharmachakrapuram ) have yielded a fragmentary Prakrit record in Brahmi characters.
Dating to the reign of Chamtamula Maharaja , the text mentions Siritagissa and concludes with the date: divasam 6 (Day 6…
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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…
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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 endowmen…
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