History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c19.42.3

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The grant was written by the *Sāndhi-vigrahika* Stambha and engraved by Akshaśāli Kumāra-chandra. It was entered or recorded by Keśava and sealed by the queen from Tri-Kaliṅga through the agency of the minister (*Mantrin*) Stambhadeva.² The mention of the Tri-Kaliṅga *Mahādevī* in these two charters of Vidyādharabhañja shows that he had married in the family which was then ruling over Tri-Kaliṅga. The village of Tuṇḍurava has been identified with Tuṇḍura in the Aska *Taluga* and the district of Rāmalavva with Rāvulabado in the same *Taluga* of the Ganjam district.³ Vidyādharabhañja was succeeded by his son Neṭribhañja III (Neṭṭabhañja) who is known from one inscription only. A set of three plates discovered in the State of Daspalla bears this inscription. This grant is not dated and was issued from Vijayavañjulvaka. By this charter the King granted a field called Valkākhaṇḍa in the village of Drolladā in the district (*vishaya*) of Rāmalavva in the Maṇḍala of Khiñjali to a Brāhmaṇa named Bhaṭṭa Purushottama of the Krishṇātreya *gotra* and the Chhandaga *charaṇa* and the Kauthuma *śākhā* of the Sāmaveda. The charter was sealed by Jaya Mahādevī, recorded by the minister Bhaṭṭa Bāpuka, entered by the *Mahāpratihāra* Kumāra and composed by the *Sāndhi-vigrahika* Jayastambha. The mason, Durgadeva,¹ engraved one of the charters of this king's father.