[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c8.s2.t3.10 # Indian Epigraphy c8.s2.t3.10 Indian Epigraphy c8.s2.t3.10 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.t3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.10) The copper-plate grants of the early Cālukya kings of Veṅgī are written in Sanskrit; but a few charters like the Ahada-nakaram plates⁷ of Viṣṇuvardhana IV or V are written partly in Sanskrit and partly in Telugu. The stone inscriptions of the Cālukya age are generally written in Telugu. Thus the Vipparla inscription of the time of Jayasiṁha I and the Lakshmipuram inscription of the reign of Maṅgi-yuvarāja, both of the 7th century A.D., are in Telugu.⁸ There are also some Telugu inscriptions of the 7th and 8th centuries quoting regnal years of the Cālukya kings of Badami,⁹ whose copper-plate grants found in the Teluguspeaking area, however, are all written in Sanskrit. Among the 10th century copper-plate grants in Telugu, mention may be made of the Madras Museum plates¹ (Śaka 893 for 891) of Bhuvanatriṇetra. - [Previous: c8.s2.t3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.9) - [Next: c8.s2.t3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.11) - [Up: c8.s2.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.10) · Pramāṇa