[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.c19.63 # History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c19.63 History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c19.63 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930.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 - [Previous: v1.c19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930.v1.c19.62) - [Next: v1.c19.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930.v1.c19.64) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930.v1.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930.v1.c19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.banerji-1930.v1.c19.63) · Pramāṇa