Discovered as a slab built into the gateway of the Miraj Fort, Sangli district, Maharashtra, this Old-Kannada script and language record topped with a triangular pediment featuring a liṅga, a squatting Nandi, and the sun and moon. The inscription is now preserved in the Town Hall of Kolhāpur.
The record refers to the reign of mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Vijayāditya, governing from his permanent capital at Vaḷavāḍa. It mentions two separate dates and records two distinct sets of donations to the Mādhaveśvara temple at Seḍambāḷ (modern Shedbal). The first donation from perpetual dues of their trade turnover to the god Mādhaveśvara was made by Vīra-Baṇañja trading corporation in Śaka 1065 (1142 CE). The grant was inclusive of the contributions from the town's craft guilds, who provided both cash and specialised products to ensure the temple's daily service and the celebration of major festivals like Caitra and Dīpāvali.
The secondary donation, recorded in Śaka 1066 (1144 CE), was an endowment issued by the high-ranking officers of King Vijayāditya, Bhāyipayya nāyaka, and Mallapayya nāyaka. The grant involved the diversion of government revenues and trade taxes from Miraj to support the Mādhaveśvara temple and provide food for the resident ascetics. The endowment was ritualised through the washing of the feet (pādapūjā) of the temple priest, Sovarāśi Siddhāntideva belonging to the Pāśupata sect.
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४७। र्ष १०६६ नेय रुधिरोद्वारिसंवत्सरद माघबहुल १४ वड्डवारदन्दु शिवरात्रि-
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samastabhuvanavikhyātapaṃcaśatavīraśāsanalabdhānekagaṇālaṃkṛta satyaśaucācāracārucaritranayavinayavijñāna vīravaṇaṃjadharmmapratipālanaviśuddha guḍḍadhvajavirājitānūnasāhasettuṃga kīrtyaganāligita nija bhujavijayalakṣmīnivāsavakṣaḥsthala bhuvanaparākramonnata vāsudevakhaṇḍalīmūlabhadravaṃśodbhavaruṃ dvātriṃśadvelāvuramumaṣṭādaśapaṭṭaṇamummaruvattanālku ghaṭikāsthānamuṃ nānādeśābhyaṃtaradeṃṭu nāḍa padinaruvaru gavaregaruṃ gātrigaruṃ seṭṭiyaruṃ seṭṭiguttaruṃ baccaruṃ balegāraruṃ gaṃdhigaruṃ gāvuṇḍaruṃ gāvuṇḍasvāmigaluṃmarasugaluṃmarasumavakaluṃ maṃkaruṃ maṃkamare varuṃ birudaruṃ bīravaṇigaruṃ bārikaruṃ bārikajanahastaruṃ sāsiradelnūru gavaregaluṃmahicchatravinirggataruṃmayyābalepuraparameśvararuṃ śrībhagavatīdevīlabdhavaraprasādādyanekanāmāṃkamālāvirājitarumappa śrīmadaynūrvvarsvāmigaluṃ samastabhatluṃkdiṃḍahastaruṃ mummuridaṃḍamuṃ mukhyavāgiyelvattercchāsirada prabhu pṛthviseṭṭi miriṃjeya boppaṇayyarājaśreṣṭhi mahāvaḍḍavyavahāri vesapayyaseṭṭiyaruṃ samayasamuddharaṇa sovaṇaseṭṭiyaruṃ bāgeya mūliga civakacavuṃḍaseṭṭiyuṃ doṇikoḍa mammuridaṃḍa da………. vaseṭṭiyuṃ jayasiṃgada tolakaleya siriyamaseṭṭiyuṃ nāḍa perggaḍe hemmaseṭṭiyuṃ kūṃḍiliya seṭṭigutta mallaseṭṭiyuṃ kuvara lavakaseṭṭiyuṃ nigalada ketiseṭṭiyuṃ seḍaṃbāla boṃdalabbeya sūraseṭṭiyuṃ āketaseṭṭiyuṃ cavuḍaseṭṭi alliya kauppaseṭṭi……
ya hollaseṭṭi piriyuguvārada tala siriguppeya tala jugulakoppada tala …. geya tala yiṃtu samastatalamukhyavāgi seḍaṃbālalu mahānāḍāgi neardu śakavarṣa 1065 neya duṃdubhisaṃvatsarada bhādrapadaśuddha 6 śukravāradaṃdu seḍaṃbāla mahāprabhu mādirājayyaṃ māḍisida śrīmādhaveśvaradevaraṃgabhogakke āyūralu śukravārada saṃteyaṃ māḍi viṭṭāyamenteṃdoḍe mārida aḍakeya javalakkaḍakeyirppattu hasuṃbegaḍake hanneraḍu katteya herigirppattaydu ko…… ettina javalamaṃ biricidalliyaḍakeyayvattu mārugoṃḍavaralli hoṃgeyaḍakeyippattu heriṃge ele nūraivattu eṇṇeya koḍavake solasaveraḍu tuppada koḍavake solasaveraḍu bhaṃḍigoḍakke eṇṇe mānavoṃdu dhānyavarggavake koṇana heriṃge mānavāru ettina heriṃge ballavoṃdu katteya herige mānaveraḍu hasaravake mānavoṃdalu saṭṭugavoṃdu voṭṭiliṃge kolagavoṃdu hattiya hasaradalli devara soḍariṃge battige saṃḍagevatti voṃdu |
seṭṭiguttaṃ tanna biṭṭāyameṃteṃdoḍe hasuṃbeyanivakuvallī haseya javali gaṃdharabaṭṭalu oṃdu goṃṭu vicāraṃgeydavaralli mudrāpaṇaṃ hoṃge hāgamarana bhaṃḍi māridalli meludakkoṃdu bhaṃḍiyalu mārida dhānyavarggakke kolagavoṃdu | cayitrada parvvakke puravarggada prajegalu mithunakke biṭṭa hāgavoṃdu dīpāvaliya parvvadalu belaguva soḍareṇṇege ūrolagaṇa seṇigaru tamma manegalige maneyaloṃdu hāgavoṃdu biṭṭa hāgavoṃdu kuṃvārara hasarakke maḍake voṃdu akkasāle vammojahalladiṃ mūḍa hoṃge haṇavina pārikhāyadolage devargge viṭṭa aḍuvoṃdu saṃmmagāraralli arudiṃgalige kuḍuva pādarakṣe toḍoṃdu medaralli saṃtege kuḍuva moranu voṃdu mādegaralli arudiṃgaliṃge kuḍuva mili voṃdu | yiṃtī śāsanamaryyādeyaṃ kiḍisidātaṃ gaṃgeprayāgevāraṇāśikurukṣetradalu sāyira kapileyaṃ koṃda mahāpātakamaneyduva ādityatīrtthagalalli tanna piriya maganaṃ koṃdu avana kapāladaluṃḍa mahādoṣamaneyduva ||
svasti śrīmanmahāmaṃḍaleśvaraṃ vijayādityadevarasaru balavāḍada nelebīḍinalu sukhasaṃkathāvinodadiṃ rājyaṃ geyvuttamiralu tatpādapadmopajīvigalappa mahāpradhānaṃ suṃkaverggaḍe bhāyipayyanāyakaru miriṃjenāḍa kreṇikāraṃ mālapayyanāyakarantirvvaru seḍamvāla prabhu sāmantaṃ mādirājayyaṃ galu māḍisida śrīmādhaveśvaradevaraṃgabhogakkalliya tapodhanarāhāradānakkaṃ śakavarṣa 1066 neya rudhirodvārisaṃvatsarada māghabahula 14 vaḍḍavāradaṃdu śivarātriya parvvanimittavāgiyā devara maṭhadācāryya śrīmatusovarāśisiddhāntidevara kālaṃ karcci dhārāpūrvvakaṃ māḍi koṭṭa suṃkamentendoḍā seḍaṃvāla mundaṇa halladiṃ mūḍa puravarggavolagāgi kaṭṭidaṃgaḍigalgaṃ telligaru pasarigaru bhattahaṭṭigaṃ vokkaludere parihāra mattaṃ santeya bolagaṇa koḍadaṇṇeyeleya herugala pomma kirukula dhānyavarggagala moṭṭeya suṃkavolagāgi arddhādāna alli aṃtaravaṭṭadiṃ tīvida ettina aḍakeya heriṃge melaḍake nūrayvattu āṭhāṇāntaradalu naḍava suṃkigaru sauvarṇṇakke tiṃgaliṃge voṃdu beleyaṃ kuḍuvarīntī dharmmamaṃ sadharmmadi pratipālisidargge gaṃgevāraṇāsikurukṣetradalu sāsira kavileya koḍuṃ kolagumaṃ ponnalu kaṭṭisi sāsirvva brāhmaṇarige koṭṭa phalamakku mattamidanalidaṃge gaṃgāyamunegaleraḍara saṃgamadolagaṇṇyapuṇṇyavaratīrthasthānaṃgalolilda tapodhanara gobrāhmaṇaranalidanintidanalida ||
सिद्धम् । स्वस्ति ।
समस्तभुवनविख्यातपंचशतवीरशासनलब्धानेकगणालंकृत सत्यशौचाचारचारुचरित्रनयविनयविज्ञान वीरवणंजधर्म्मप्रतिपालनविशुद्ध गुड्डध्वजविराजितानूनसाहसेत्तुंग कीर्त्यगनालिगित निज भुजविजयलक्ष्मीनिवासवक्षःस्थल भुवनपराक्रमोन्नत वासुदेवखण्डलीमूलभद्रवंशोद्भवरुं द्वात्रिंशद्वेलावुरमुमष्टादशपट्टणमुम्मरुवत्तनाल्कु घटिकास्थानमुं नानादेशाभ्यंतरदेंटु नाड पदिनरुवरु गवरेगरुं गात्रिगरुं सेट्टियरुं सेट्टिगुत्तरुं बच्चरुं बलेगाररुं गंधिगरुं गावुण्डरुं गावुण्डस्वामिगलुंमरसुगलुंमरसुमवकलुं मंकरुं मंकमरे वरुं बिरुदरुं बीरवणिगरुं बारिकरुं बारिकजनहस्तरुं सासिरदेल्नूरु गवरेगलुंमहिच्छत्रविनिर्ग्गतरुंमय्याबलेपुरपरमेश्वररुं श्रीभगवतीदेवीलब्धवरप्रसादाद्यनेकनामांकमालाविराजितरुमप्प श्रीमदय्नूर्व्वर्स्वामिगलुं समस्तभत्लुंक्दिंडहस्तरुं मुम्मुरिदंडमुं मुख्यवागियेल्वत्तेर्च्छासिरद प्रभु पृथ्विसेट्टि मिरिंजेय बोप्पणय्यराजश्रेष्ठि महावड्डव्यवहारि वेसपय्यसेट्टियरुं समयसमुद्धरण सोवणसेट्टियरुं बागेय मूलिग चिवकचवुंडसेट्टियुं दोणिकोड मम्मुरिदंड द………। वसेट्टियुं जयसिंगद तोलकलेय सिरियमसेट्टियुं नाड पेर्ग्गडे हेम्मसेट्टियुं कूंडिलिय सेट्टिगुत्त मल्लसेट्टियुं कुवर लवकसेट्टियुं निगलद केतिसेट्टियुं सेडंबाल ब्ॐदलब्बेय सूरसेट्टियुं आकेतसेट्टियुं चवुडसेट्टि अल्लिय कौप्पसेट्टि……
य होल्लसेट्टि पिरियुगुवारद तल सिरिगुप्पेय तल जुगुलकोप्पद तल …। गेय तल यिंतु समस्ततलमुख्यवागि सेडंबाललु महानाडागि नेअर्दु शकवर्ष १०६५ नेय दुंदुभिसंवत्सरद भाद्रपदशुद्ध ६ शुक्रवारदंदु सेडंबाल महाप्रभु मादिराजय्यं माडिसिद श्रीमाधवेश्वरदेवरंगभोगक्के आयूरलु शुक्रवारद संतेयं माडि विट्टायमेन्तेंदोडे मारिद अडकेय जवलक्कडकेयिर्प्पत्तु हसुंबेगडके हन्नेरडु कत्तेय हेरिगिर्प्पत्तय्दु को…… एत्तिन जवलमं बिरिचिदल्लियडकेयय्वत्तु मारुग्ॐडवरल्लि ह्ॐगेयडकेयिप्पत्तु हेरिंगे एले नूरैवत्तु एण्णेय कोडवके सोलसवेरडु तुप्पद कोडवके सोलसवेरडु भंडिगोडक्के एण्णे मानव्ॐदु धान्यवर्ग्गवके कोणन हेरिंगे मानवारु एत्तिन हेरिंगे बल्लव्ॐदु कत्तेय हेरिगे मानवेरडु हसरवके मानव्ॐदलु सट्टुगव्ॐदु वोट्टिलिंगे कोलगव्ॐदु हत्तिय हसरदल्लि देवर सोडरिंगे बत्तिगे संडगेवत्ति व्ॐदु ।
सेट्टिगुत्तं तन्न बिट्टायमेंतेंदोडे हसुंबेयनिवकुवल्ली हसेय जवलि गंधरबट्टलु ॐदु ग्ॐटु विचारंगेय्दवरल्लि मुद्रापणं ह्ॐगे हागमरन भंडि मारिदल्लि मेलुदक्क्ॐदु भंडियलु मारिद धान्यवर्ग्गक्के कोलगव्ॐदु । चयित्रद पर्व्वक्के पुरवर्ग्गद प्रजेगलु मिथुनक्के बिट्ट हागव्ॐदु दीपावलिय पर्व्वदलु बेलगुव सोडरेण्णेगे ऊरोलगण सेणिगरु तम्म मनेगलिगे मनेयल्ॐदु हागव्ॐदु बिट्ट हागव्ॐदु कुंवारर हसरक्के मडके व्ॐदु अक्कसाले वम्मोजहल्लदिं मूड ह्ॐगे हणविन पारिखायदोलगे देवर्ग्गे विट्ट अडुव्ॐदु संम्मगाररल्लि अरुदिंगलिगे कुडुव पादरक्षे तोड्ॐदु मेदरल्लि संतेगे कुडुव मोरनु व्ॐदु मादेगरल्लि अरुदिंगलिंगे कुडुव मिलि व्ॐदु । यिंती शासनमर्य्यादेयं किडिसिदातं गंगेप्रयागेवारणाशिकुरुक्षेत्रदलु सायिर कपिलेयं क्ॐद महापातकमनेय्दुव आदित्यतीर्त्थगलल्लि तन्न पिरिय मगनं क्ॐदु अवन कपालदलुंड महादोषमनेय्दुव ॥
स्वस्ति श्रीमन्महामंडलेश्वरं विजयादित्यदेवरसरु बलवाडद नेलेबीडिनलु सुखसंकथाविनोददिं राज्यं गेय्वुत्तमिरलु तत्पादपद्मोपजीविगलप्प महाप्रधानं सुंकवेर्ग्गडे भायिपय्यनायकरु मिरिंजेनाड क्रेणिकारं मालपय्यनायकरन्तिर्व्वरु सेडम्वाल प्रभु सामन्तं मादिराजय्यं गलु माडिसिद श्रीमाधवेश्वरदेवरंगभोगक्कल्लिय तपोधनराहारदानक्कं शकवर्ष १०६६ नेय रुधिरोद्वारिसंवत्सरद माघबहुल १४ वड्डवारदंदु शिवरात्रिय पर्व्वनिमित्तवागिया देवर मठदाचार्य्य श्रीमतुसोवराशिसिद्धान्तिदेवर कालं कर्च्चि धारापूर्व्वकं माडि कोट्ट सुंकमेन्तेन्दोडा सेडंवाल मुन्दण हल्लदिं मूड पुरवर्ग्गवोलगागि कट्टिदंगडिगल्गं तेल्लिगरु पसरिगरु भत्तहट्टिगं वोक्कलुदेरे परिहार मत्तं सन्तेय बोलगण कोडदण्णेयेलेय हेरुगल पोम्म किरुकुल धान्यवर्ग्गगल मोट्टेय सुंकवोलगागि अर्द्धादान अल्लि अंतरवट्टदिं तीविद एत्तिन अडकेय हेरिंगे मेलडके नूरय्वत्तु आठाणान्तरदलु नडव सुंकिगरु सौवर्ण्णक्के तिंगलिंगे व्ॐदु बेलेयं कुडुवरीन्ती धर्म्ममं सधर्म्मदि प्रतिपालिसिदर्ग्गे गंगेवारणासिकुरुक्षेत्रदलु सासिर कविलेय कोडुं कोलगुमं पोन्नलु कट्टिसि सासिर्व्व ब्राह्मणरिगे कोट्ट फलमक्कु मत्तमिदनलिदंगे गंगायमुनेगलेरडर संगमदोलगण्ण्यपुण्ण्यवरतीर्थस्थानंगलोलिल्द तपोधनर गोब्राह्मणरनलिदनिन्तिदनलिद ॥
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Success! Hail! Pṛthvīseṭṭi, the Chief of the Seventy-thousand country; Boppaṇayya of Miriñje; the royal merchant; the great trader Vesapayyaseṭṭi; Sovaṇaseṭṭi, the restorer of the conventional usages; Cikka Cavuṇḍasetti, the Mūliga of Bāge; Da……vaseṭṭi of Doṇikoḍa, who bears the Mummuri-staff; Jayasiṅga Siriyamaseṭṭi of Tolakale; Hemseṭṭi, the chief of the province; Mallaseṭṭi, the chief of the Seṭṭis of Kuṇḍili; Kuvara Lakkaseṭṭi; Nigalada Ketiseṭṭi; Sūraseṭṭi, Āketaseṭṭi and Chavuṇdaseṭṭi, sons of Bondalabbe of Seḍambāl; Koppaseṭṭi of the same place and Hollaseṭṭi of ……………… who are the foremost among the Five-hundred Svāmīs, all the bearers of the Bhalluṅki-staffs and all the bearers of the Mummuri-staffs, who are resplendent with a series of numerous titles such as ‘adorned with numerous virtues obtained by their observance of the edicts of the Five-hundred Heroes famous in the whole world, who are virtuous by truthfulness, pure conduct, pleasing behaviour, policy, courtesy and knowledge as well as by their observance of the Vīra-Baṇañja Code, resplendent with their banner with the device of a hill, exalted with abundant adventurous spirit, embraced by the lady Fame, whose breast is resorted to by the Goddess of Victory obtained by their own arms, who have become eminent in the whole world by their valour, who are born in the race of Vāsudeva, Khaṇḍalī and Mūlabhadra, who are residents of thirty-two coastal towns, eighteen cities and sixty-four ghaṭikā-sthānas, the sixteen Gavaregas, the Gātrigas, the Seṭṭis the Seṭṭi-guttas, the baccas, the bangle-sellers, the scent-merchants, the heads of districts and the chiefs among them, ‘the kings,’ ‘the princes,’ the maṅkas, the maṅka-marevas, the title-holders, the heroic merchants, the Bārikas and the fellows of the Bārikas, the thousand and seven hundred Gavares—all these belonging to the eight provinces included in the various countries—who hail from Abhicchatra and who are lords of the town of Ayyāvale, and who have obtained the gracious boon of the divine Bhagavatī—
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These—having assembled at Seḍambāl as the General Body of the Country, representing all the districts, namely, the districts of Piriyugavāra, the district of Siriguppe, the district of Jugulakoppa and and district of ……………… holding the Friday market in that town on Friday, the 6th tithi of the bright fortnight of Bhādrapada in the Śaka year 1065, the cyclic year being Dundubhi—granted the following dues for the offerings in worship of the divine Mādhaveśvara, whose temple has been constructed by Mādirājayya, the Mahāprabhu of Seḍambāl:-
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Twenty nuts on a half-load of areca-nuts sold in the market; twelve nuts on a shoulder-bag; twenty-five nuts on an ass-load; fifty areca-nuts on a bullock’s half-load; twenty areca-nuts per gold coin (hoṅga) from purchasers; a hundred and fifty betel-leaves on each load; two solasa on a pitcher of oil; two solasa on a pitcher of clarified butter; one maund of oil on each cart-load; six maunds on each buffalo-load of various kinds of grains; one balla on a bullock-load of them; two maunds on each ass-load of them; one ladleful on each maund in a hasara and one kolaga on a large quantity (oṭṭil); one saṇḍage of wicks for the god’s lamp on each hasara of cotton.
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The Seṭṭiguttas on their part donated the following dues: one bed-cloth and a bowl for sandal paste on laying down each shoulder-bag of merchandise; a hāga (coin) on each hoṅga (gold coin) for those who examine stamped paṇas; one stick of superior quality on each sale of araṇabhaṇḍī (best cart); one kolaga on the sale of a cart-load of various grains.
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One hāga (coin) shall be given by the people of the town on each marriage for the festival in Caitra; one hāga (coin) per house shall be given by the members of the guilds of the town for oil required for the lamps lighted in the festival of Dipāvali; one pot shall be given on each shop of the potters; one aḍḍa shall be paid to the god by the goldsmiths as the assay-fee of each hoṅga (gold coin); one pair of slippers shall be given by shoe-makers every six months; one moru shall be given by the basket-makers at each fair; one strap shall be given by the cobblers for every six months.
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He who will infringe this arrangement shall incur the great sin of killing a thousand cows on the bank of the Gaṅgā, at Prayāga, Vārāṇasī and Kurukṣetra. He shall incur the great sin of killing his own eldest son at the holy places sacred to Āditya (the Sun) and eating from his skull.
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Hail! While the illustrious Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Vijayādityadeva is reigning from the permanent camp at Valavāḍa, being engaged in pleasant conversation—
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Bhāyipayya Nāyaka, the Mahāpradhān and Controller of customs, and Mālapayya Nāyaka, the Superintendent of markets of the district of Miriñje, who are dependent on his lotus-like feet, have donated the following dues for the offerings in worship of the God Mādhaveśvara, whose temple has been constructed by the Sāmanta Mādirājayya, the Prabhu of Seḍambāl, and for the provision of food to the ascetics of that place, on Thursday, the 10th tithi of the dark fortnight of Māgha, on the occasion of the festival of Śivarātri, after washing the feet of Sovarāśi Siddhāntideva, the priest of the monastery of that god, and after pouring out water—
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For the shops built within the town east of the rivulet flowing on the east of Seḍambāl, the oil-men and the shopkeepers shall give in the paddy-market, excluding the house-tax, a pitcher of oil, a pomma on loads of betel-leaves, and the miscellaneous dues, and half the dues inclusive of the tolls on bags of various kinds of grains, and one hundred and fifty superior areca-nuts on each bullock-load of the nuts tightly filled; the toll-collectors on duty in the revenue office shall give every month one eighth on each gold coin.
(Here follow a benedictory and an imprecatory passage about the preservation and the infringement of the gift respectively.)
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| Dynasty: | Śilāhāra |
| Source: | |
| Ruler: | Vijayāditya |
| Date: | 28th August 1142 (Cyclic year Dundubhi, Friday, Bhadrapada śukla 6, Śaka 1065) and 20th January 1144 CE (Cyclic year Rudhirodgarin, Thursday, Māgha kṛṣṇa 14, Śaka 1066) |
| Place: | Town Hall, Kolhapur |
| Language: | Kannada |
| Nature of grant: | Monetary donation |
| Purpose: | Support and maintenance of temple of Mādhaveśvara |
| Provenance of inscription: | Miraj Fort, Sangli, Maharashtra |
| Type of Inscription: | Stone inscription |
