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84 § 2. The Brihatphalayanas. The Koudamudi plates (Ep. Ind., Vol. VI,, p, 315) are dated in the 10th year of king Jayavarman, of the Brihatphalâ- 3'anas, who reigned at Kudùra. The alphabet of these plates is extremely arcliaic; they are in prâkrit; besides, "the language and phraseology of the inscription are so similar to the Nâsik inscriptions of Gautamiputra Sàtakarni and of Vâsishthiputra l'ulumâyi, that Jayavarman 's date cannot have been very distant from that of those two Àndhra kings" (Ep. Ind Vol. VII, No. 31, page 315). It must however be noted that the legend on the seal is in Sanskrit. It is therefore certain that Jayavarman reigned immediately after the Sàtavàhanas.

The Kondamudi plates record the grant of the village of Pântûra in Kudùrahâra which is the province, as we know, of which Kudùra was the capital. Where were this province and especially this town of Kudùra situated ? Kondamudi, where the plates have been found, is situated in the Tenali taluq which is not far from the mouth of the Krishna. The town of Kudùra is found mentioned in an inscription at Amanïvati (No. 1295 of Luders's list). The country of Kuduhàra or Kudrahàra is mentioned in the plates of Nandivarman of the Sàlankâyana dynasty. These plates were issued from V-ngi and have been found near the Kolleru lake (Ind. Ant., Vol V, 1876, page 175. See also Burnell, "South Indian Palïegraphy, 2e Ed. page 135.) The country called Kudrahàra or Gudrahara is referred to in many documents (see in particular : Ind. Ant., Vol XIII, page 138, line 17; Ind. Ant., Vol VII, page 191, line 12, and the Renduballi copper-plate. Rep. on Epigraphy for 1914-1915, G. O. No. 1260, Public, 25th Aug. 1915, page 8, copper-plate No. 2 of 1915) Ttie geographical indications given by these documents [see also : Ind. Ant., iVol VIII, page 76; S. I. I. Vol I, page 47; and inscriptions Nos 539 and 544 of 1893)