History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c15.45

v1.c15.45

A single plate of another charter of a king named Madhyamarāja was discovered in Tekkali in the Ganjam district. This plate is the second or third plate of a set of four or five plates. The composition agrees with that of the Parikud plates of Madhyamarāja I and his son Dharmarāja. The genealogy begins with Madhyamarāja I, then comes his son Dharmarāja, surnamed Mānabhīta or perhaps Amānabhīta. His son was Madhyamarāja II. Then comes another son of Mānabhīta whose name has not been read. The son of Madhyamarāja II was Raṇakshobha. His brother was a prince named Petavyālloparāja. His son was Madhyamarāja III, who was called Taillapa when he was the crown prince. The inscription ends at this place before the close of the metrical portion and therefore it is uncertain whether there were any other princes in the Śailodbhava family after Madhyamarāja III.¹ Though the earlier part of the inscription is missing and Pulindasena, Śailodbhava and the earlier princes are not named, it is fairly certain that these descendants of Dharmarāja belong to the Śailodbhava family.