[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930) › v1.c19.48.5 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.48.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930.v1.c19.48.5) 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. - [Previous: v1.c19.48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930.v1.c19.48.4) - [Next: v1.c19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930.v1.c19.49) - [Up: v1.c19.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930.v1.c19.48) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930.v1.c19.48.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930.v1.c19.48.5) · Pramāṇa