Vengi Chalukyas Defected Kalinga Ruler In 921, Shows Recently-Discovered Inscriptions
This was the seventh of nine copper plates recently discovered at Kodad in Suryapet district.
Hyderabad:Vengi Chalukya king Vijayaditya IV defeated the ruler of the Ganga dynasty in Kalinga and killed his enemies in the battle and burned the city of Madanapura, according to the seventh set of recently-discovered copper plate inscriptions belonging to the rule of Vijayaditya’s son Ammaraja I.
According to the inscription, Vijayaditya had ruled for six months and performed the ‘Tulapurusha Dana’ ceremony, donating large amounts of gold to Brahmins.
This was the seventh of nine copper plates recently discovered at Kodad in Suryapet district. The inscription was written in Sanskrit and Telugu script and dated 14th day of Vaishaka in the saka year of 843, which corresponds to April 22, 921 CE.
The inscription also records that Ammaraja I, at the request of the Kakatiya king Gunda, granted the village of Eramgundi as ‘Devabhoga’ (a gift to God) and 12 ‘Khandugas’ (an ancient measure of land) in the village of Etavakili.
Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, Dr K. Munirathnam Reddy, director (epigraphy), Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the land grants were intended for temple worship, food offerings, renovations and new constructions at the temple of Erisvarabhattaraka, which Gunda built in memory of his father Erra, which was located in Kondapalli.
The royal order was issued by Kadeyaraja, the superintendent of the royal camp, and the engraving was executed by Gandapacharya.
