Early Telugu inscription from Piṭikāyagulla,Andha Pradesh

[seshadri sridharan]

*Early Telugu inscription from Piṭikāyagulla,Andha Pradesh*

This inscription is engraved on a slab erected in front of the Piṭikëśvara temple in

Pitikāyagulla,Bestavaripeta Mandalam,Prakasam district,A.P.

It is written in Telugu language and characters of the 8th century CE

TEXT

1 Svastiśrī Naṇḍēlu vari

2 Chēnsinavanṭhu prāṇī

3 miḷḷi āchāri

4 Paḍasina nava kaṭṭa [||*]

Seems to record the new construction of the embankment (*nava kaṭṭa)* by Prāṇīmiḷḷi āchāri (sculptor), probably when king was ruling at Renādu.

*Director(Epigraphy),Archaeological Survey of India*