History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c17.23

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The second Ganjam plate of Daṇḍi Mahādevī is undated. It contains the important information that the Koṅda maṇḍala was situated in Southern Kośala. By this plate the queen granted the village of Garasambhā in the district of Arttani on the occasion of the Uttarāyaṇa.² The third and the most recently discovered inscription of Daṇḍi Mahādevī is the Kumuraṅga plate of the year 187. By this inscription the queen granted the village of Kāntaśaranagari in the district of Khiḍiṅgabhāra of the Kuṅgada Maṇḍala in Southern Tosala, on the 13th day of the bright half of Jyaishṭha of the year 187.³ The Kumuraṅga plate informs us that the Kuṅgada or the Koṅgoda maṇḍala was situated in Southern Tosala, whereas the second Ganjam plate states that it was situated in Southern Kośala, and, therefore, it is apparent that in Orissa Tosala and Kośala were equivalents. The dated inscriptions of Daṇḍi Mahādevī prove that the queen was reigning from 958 to 965 A. D., if the dates can be referred to the Gaṅga era. We do not know what happened to the Kara family after Daṇḍi Mahādevī. Evidently the Bhañjas regained power and were able to regain Northern Khiñjali under or in the time of Neṭribhañja II, the son of Vidyādharabhañja.