Indian Epigraphy c16.s5.12

c16.s5.12

The Mayidavolu² plates of Pallava Śivaskandavarman (middle of the 4th century) mention the following Parihāras : a-lavaṇa-khātaka, a-rāṣṭra-sāmvinayika, a-paramparā-balivarda, a-bhaṭa-prāveśya and a-kūra-cullaka-vināśi-khaṭvā-samvāsa. Of these, a-bhaṭa-prāveśya, i. e. freedom from the entry of the Bhaṭas, is the same as a-prāveśya of the Śātavāhana epigraphs. The word Bhaṭa here means Bhaṭamanusya (constables or Pāiks and Piādas) mentioned in the Hirahadagalli plates of the same Pallava king.³ A-paramparā-balivarda (i. e. Freedom from the supply of bullocks in succession) refers to the obligation of the villagers to supply bullocks to the royal officers when they visited a village for official work in a bullock cart from a neighbouring village. A-kūra-cullaka-vināśi-khaṭvā-samvāsa indicates freedom of the inhabitants of the gift village from the obligation of supplying to the touring royal officers such articles as kūra, cullaka, vināśin, cot and shelter. Kūra and cullaka have been explained as ‘boiled rice’ and ‘pot’ respectively; but they may really mean ‘unboiled rice’