This is a textual analysis dataset derived from Eastern Cālukya copperplate grants. The data accompany the following forthcoming publication (title and date of publication subject to change): Balogh, Dániel (forthcoming 2023), 'The portrayal of underlings in Eastern Cālukya copper plates'. In: Self-Representation and Presentation of Others in Indic Epigraphical Writing, edited by Annette Schmiedchen and Dániel Balogh. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. This publication describes the method sketched out on the introductory page of this dataset; a fuller account with more technical details is in preparation by Balogh and will be accompanied by further datasets. This dataset, the underlying research and the relevant publication are results of the project DHARMA ‘The Domestication of “Hindu” Asceticism and the Religious Making of South and Southeast Asia’. This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no 809994).