History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c14.85

v1.c14.85

The Patiakella plate of the Mahārāja Śivarāja bears the second known inscription of the Gupta period discovered up to this time in Orissa. The date 283 is equal to 602-603 A.D. At this date a king named Śagguyayyana was ruling over Southern Tosali. The titles given to this king by his feudatory are *Paramamāheśvara-Paramabhaṭṭāraka Paramadevatādhi-daivata*, but the king is not called a Mahārāja or Mahārājādhirāja. The family to which he belonged is called the Māna-vaṃśa. The order was issued from the camp at Vorṭṭanoka, which cannot be identified. The feudatory who actually issued the grant, Śivarāja, is called *Mahārāja*. No description of his family is given and the village granted, Tandralvalu or Tundilvaluja was situated in the district (*Vishaya*) of Southern Tosali.¹ Dr. Sten Konow proposes to read the name of Śivarāja’s suzerain as Sambhuyayya but I find that I cannot change my opinion framed twenty-four years ago after seeing the plate once more which has been presented to or acquired for the Indian Museum at Calcutta.