Indian Epigraphy c11.t2.26

c11.t2.26

The Angul plate⁵ of the Bhauma-Kara queen Dharmamahādevī seems to state that the queen granted the village of Śakembā in favour of a Brāhmaṇa as a *tāmra-śāsana*, i.e. a revenue-free gift, and that she also gave to the same Brāhmaṇa a part of another village called Deśalā, which was subject to the annual payment of three *palas* of silver. The Ganjam plates¹ of Gaṅga Pṛthvīvarman of Śvetaka do not use the expression *kara-śāsana* but clearly state that the gift village was made a rent-paying holding at the fixed rate of four *palas* of silver to be paid every year by the donee as rent. The Patna plates² of the Somavaṃśī king Mahābhavagupta I Janamejaya similarly state that a village was granted by the king as a *kara-śāsana* with its annual rent fixed at eight *palas* of silver. The Chicacole plates of the Gaṅga king Anantavarman record a grant, for which the dues payable to the king (apparently, annually) were ten *māṣakas* (i.e. one-fourth *pala*) probably of silver.