History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c19.63

v1.c19.63

The grant records the donation of the village of Reṅgaraḍā in the district of Khiñjaliya-gaḍa on the occasion of a Lunar eclipse to a Brāhmaṇa named Jagadhara, an astrologer of the Bhāradvāja *gotra* and the Mādhyandina *Śākhā*, who was an immigrant from the Brāhmaṇa village of Ṭakārī in the Madhya-deśa and an inhabitant of the village of Paṭavaḍa-paṭaka in the district of Kontarā-vaṅga in Southern Toshala on the full moon day of the month of Jyaishṭha of the third year of the king’s reign. The inscription mentions a number of officers by name. The heir-apparent minister (*Rajaputr-āmatya-yuvarāja*) was the Akshapaṭali or record-keeper and his name was Virabhañja. The *Sāndhi-vigrahi*, the Akshapaṭali or record-keeper was Vajradatta. The minister of peace and war (*Sandhi-vigrahi*) was Punanāga. The chief of the royal guards was Bhūpāla. The law officer of the crown was Arapaṭa. Four other persons mentioned are *Rānaka*, named Lakshmi-kalaśa, the royal maternal uncle Jathināga and two private persons named Khaṇḍapāla and Purañjaya. This charter differs from other later Bhañja charters in one fact; it records the name of the writer, the merchant Gaṇeśvara.¹