History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c19.48.5
History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c19.48.5
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This is hardly possible, as the mention of Gandhaṭa-pāṭī as the name of a village in three grants proves that the name Gandhaṭa is quite different from the term Gaṇa-daṇḍa.² This term Gaṇa-daṇḍa has been correctly translated as “the office of a Hindu Republic,” and it would appear that the ancestor of Raṇabhañja II was an officer with such a designation.