Tirlingi Inscription of Devendravarman, son of Guniarpava (Ganga Year 192)
Summary
The article presents a revised edition of the Trilingi Inscription of Devendravarman, son of Gunarnava, from Ganga Year 192. The author, K. Krishna Murty, argues that the previous publication by Mr. Lakshminarayan Harichandan Jagadev was inadequate. Because the author could not obtain fresh impressions, the revised edition relies on the poor reproductions from Mr. Jagadev’s paper. The inscription is on three copper plates measuring 7 1/10” by 2 9/10” each, found in the village of Trilingi in the Tekkali Estate of Ganjam district, Orissa. The plates feature a circular seal with a bull and a crescent, and the characters belong to the Southern class of alphabets, resembling other plates of Devendravarman. The language is mostly Sanskrit prose, with some probable exceptions in the land boundary section. The inscription records a grant of the village of Navatula, located in the district of Korasodaka-paicili, to two students of the Rgveds, Pillavarman and Pillika-svimini, who belonged to the Vasistha gotra. The grant was made during a lunar eclipse and was considered to have the same merit as a kanyadana. The charter was written by Pallavacandra, son of Mitrcandea, and the date is given as the tenth day of Maigha in the year 192 of the increasing and victorious regime. The author discusses the identification of localities such as Kalinganagara, Korasodaka-paicili, and Navatula, and concludes that the inscription is palaeographically dated to the second half of the 7th century A.D. The text includes a detailed transcription and translation of the inscription.
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Conclusion
The Trilingi Inscription of Devendravarman, son of Gunarnava, issued in Ganga Year 192 from Kalinganagara, provides crucial historical and epigraphical insights into the Eastern Ganga dynasty. It records a land grant of the village Navatula to two Vasistha gotra students of the Rgveda, establishing a permanent freehold. The inscription is significant for its paleographical features, which align with other contemporary records of Devendravarman, and its orthographical peculiarities. Furthermore, it offers valuable geographical data, aiding in the identification of ancient localities like Kalinganagara, Korasodaka-pancili, and Navatula. This revised edition, based on existing reproductions, highlights the inscription's importance in understanding the administrative, social, and territorial history of 7th-century Orissa, despite the physical condition of the original copper plates.