[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.t3.6 # Indian Epigraphy c8.s2.t3.6 Indian Epigraphy c8.s2.t3.6 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.t3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.6) Of the copper-plate grants of the Telugu-Coḍa family, the Malepadu plates⁴ of Puṇyakumāra and the Madras Museum plates⁵ of Śrīkaṇṭha-coḍa are written in Sanskrit; but the Madras Museum plates⁶ of Balliya-coḍa, who seems to have flourished about the middle of the 9th century, are written in Telugu. This is the earliest copper-plate grant in Telugu so far discovered. - [Previous: c8.s2.t3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.5) - [Next: c8.s2.t3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.7) - [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.t3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c8.s2.t3.6) · Pramāṇa