200-yr-old copper plate inscription deciphered

200-yr-old copper plate inscription deciphered
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Noted historian Dr Satyanarayana Dyavanapalli had decoded the 200-year-old copper plate inscription of Gandhari Fort near Mancherial.

Mancherial: Noted historian Dr Satyanarayana Dyavanapalli had decoded the 200-year-old copper plate inscription of Gandhari Fort near Mancherial.

He first came to know about the inscription through his friend Sidam Arju of Kumaram Bheem Asifabad district, while he was studying the stone inscription of Gandhari Fort. Saidam Arju managed to get a copy of the same from Kova Babu Rao and Kova Doulath Rao.

The contents of the inscription revealed that it was originally issued by Venkata Mutyam Rao, Venkata Jagannatha Rao and Venkata Rama Rao (Sardeshmukhs of Mutyampalli) to Kova Baburao and Kova Somuju (ancestors of Kova Babu Rao and Kova Doulath Rao) in 1824 to collect taxes from the Gonds of Gandhari Taluq.

But, the recipients were said to have lost the inscription. Upon their request, they were reissued it in 1871. It was revaluated again in 1897 in Urdu language.

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