Acc No : 491-496
Object : Copper Plate Inscriptions
Material : Copper
Measurements (cms) : 491: 41 x 20 , 492 : 32 x 19 , 493 : 28 x 18.5 (each plate) , 494 : 27 x 18 , 495 : 23 x 8.5 (each plate) 6 dia seal , 496 : 23.5 x 12
Period : Vijayanagara
Provenance : Madras
A copper plate inscription (Acc No. 491) in Telegu characters dated Saka 1500 (1578 CE) affiliated to Sriranga, the emperor of the Aravidu dynasty. On one side, the sun and crescent moon are inscribed around the hole while on the other side there is 31 lines of inscription.
A copper plate inscription (Acc No. 492) in Telegu characters dated Saka 1618 of the queen Mangamma of Madura. The inscription bears the signature of the queen as Srimangammavralu. There are 21 lines of writing on the obverse.
A copper plate inscription (Acc No. 493) in Nagari script consisting of four plates (without seal ring) with a hole on top of each plate. The plates have raised and defined edges.
A single copper plate inscription (Acc No. 494) in Devanagari script with raised and defined edges. The inscription is of 29 lines. The lower two corners of the plate are chipped.
A copper plate inscription (Acc No. 495) in Nagari script consisting of five plates strung together by means of a big copper ring with the seal depicting the boar crest, the emblem of the royal house of Vijayanagara. The seal bears the name Venkatapati in Nagari characters. The copper plate inscription also ends with sign manual of the king reading as Sri Venkatesha.
It is a set of three copper plates without a ring (Acc No. 496) in Nagari characters ending with the sign manual Sri Virupaksha in Kannada, followed by an interpolation containing a single line Nagari script and below the interpolation is the signature of Sri Ramanatha, in Kannada characters. The plates have raised and defined edges. Cracks have been observed on the surface of the first plate.