HYDERABAD: A 12th-century inscription discovered at a Kota Anjaneya temple in Kothakota, Wanaparthy district, records land donations to the Keshava temple during the reign of Kalyani Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI.
The inscription, which was earlier undeciphered, was identified by the Kotha Telangana Charithra Brundam team members Byrozu Chandrashekar, Dr B. Shyam Sunder, Hanumanagari Vema Reddy and Pandrapraggada Rama Rao.
According to researchers, the inscription is written in 12th-century Telugu-Kannada script. The inscribed pillar in the temple courtyard is fractured diagonally across its middle section.
The phrase ‘Tribhuvanamalla Deva’ found on the pillar inscription confirms that this epigraph belongs to the reign of the Kalyana Chalukya emperor Vikramaditya VI (Tribhuvanamalla Deva).
Sriramoju Haragopal, President of Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam, deciphered and interpreted the inscription. According to him, it records land donations made to the Keshava temple for food offerings during the 43rd regnal year of Vikramidtya VI.
The inscription mentions Kalabolaviranolaba Malladesaraddi washed the feet of Kadiraja, an ascetic/priest, resident at the Keshava temple, and donated 3 mattars of wetland (irrigated wet soil) in Singanagadanakolalu for food offerings. Additionally, Pallayanayaka washed the feet of Kadiraja and donated 11 mattars of land.
Haragopal said the text on the second face is badly damaged but the name of ‘Rameshwara Pandita’ and a mention of the solar eclipse can still be identified. The third face mentions a chieftain named Sri Nayaka also made a land grant.
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