The Indian Analyst
No. Source Dynasty King Date

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Remarks
  ORISSA—concld.          
17

Dr. N. P. Chakravarti, Retired Director General of Archeology, New Delhi. (Deposited in Baripada Museum.)

Bhauma-Kara Śivakaradēva

Year 149, Pushya vadi [2].

Sanskrit, Nāgarī

Issued from Guhēśvara-pāṭaka. Registers the royal gift of the village of Kallāṇa in Pūrvarāshṭra-vishaya of Uttara-Tōsalī to god Buddhabhaṭṭāraka for the expenses of worshipand offerings to Buddha, for the repairs to the temple and maintenance of the servants and mendicants attached to the temple. The gift was made at the request of Rāṇaka Vinītatuṅga. (Published in Orissa under the Bhauma Kings, p. 40 and plates.)

 

18

Do.

Do. Do.

Do.

Do.

Issued from Guhēśvara-pāṭaka. Records the royal gift of the village of Sura[hi]pura-grāma in Madhyamakhaṇḍa-vishaya etc., at the request of the same person. (Ibid., p. 51 and plate.)

19

Mr. C. M. Acharya, Vice-Chancellor, Utkal University, through Dr. D. C. Sircar. (Findspot : Terundiā.)

 

Do.

Śubhākara II

Year 100, Vaiśākha śudi 5 (?).

Do.

 

Issued from Guhadēva-pāṭaka. Records the royal gift of the village of Lavāgaṇḍa situated in the Sulāntarakurbhavishaya of Dakshiṇa-Tōsalī to several Brāhmaṇas of the village of Taramaṇḍapagrāma who belonged to the Bhāradvāja gōtra, Kāṇva-śākhā and Vājasanēya-charaṇa. The gift is stated to have been made at the request of queen (rājñī) Nṛiṇṇā. The grant was made for the up-keep of maṭhas and maṇḍapas established  by the Brāhmaṇas in their village. (Published in Ep. Ind., Vol XXVIII, pp. 211 ff.)

 

20

Mr. S. C. De, Curator of Orissa National Archives, through Mr. P. Acharya and Dr. D. C. Sircar.

Do. Tribhuvanamahādēvī

Year 158, Kārttika śu. 7.

Sanskrit, East Indian script.

Issued from the victorious camp Guhēśvara-pāṭaka. Records a gift of the village of Kōṭṭapura-grāma together with Nannēśvaratala-pāṭaka in the district (vishaya) of Tamālakhaṇḍa in Daṇḍabhukti-maṇḍala of Uttara-Tōsalī to god Nannēśvara. The gift is stated to have been made by the queen at the request of a lady named Śaśilēkhā who is described as a mahādēvī of the mahāmaṇḍalādhipathi Maṅgala kalaśa and as belonging to the Vrāgaḍikula of the Virāṭarace. (Published in Ep. Ind., Vol. XXIX, p. 210 ff.)

 

21

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Do.

Do.

Year 158, Kārttika śu. 7.

Do.

 

Records a further  gift by the queen of land called Utthukā in Dakshiṇa-khaṇḍa of Daṇḍabhukti in Uttara-Tōsalī to the same deity at the request of the same person. (Published in Ep. Ind., Vol. XXIX, p. 210 ff.)

 

22

Ramakrishna Achari, goldsmith of Ambapuā near Russelkoṇḍa, Ganjam District, through the R. D. O., Russelkonda, and Dr. D. C. Sircar.

Do. Daṇḍimahādēvī ….

Do.

The latter part containing the date and the details of the gift is lost.

23

Dr. N. P. Chakravarti, Retired Director General of Archaeology, New Delhi. (Findspot : Asankhali, deposited in Baripada Museum.)

Eastern Gaṅga Vīra-Narasiṁha

Śaka 1225, Aṅka year 31, Mēsha ba. 6, Tuesday. Irregular.

Sanskrit, Gauḍīya

Records the grant of lands constituted into a village (named) Gaṅgarājadēvapura to Brāhmaṇas, gods and educational institutions for Vedic and grammatical studies by the king on behalf of his queen Hīrādēvī, on the occasion of his visit to the temple of the goddess Gaṅgā at Bhairavakaṭaka. The gift is stated to have been made by the royal parents for the merit of their deceased son Gaṅgarājadēva.

 




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