History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c22.10.2

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Khaṇḍakshetra has been wrongly identified with the State of Khandapara near the Cuttack district, because the term simply means a field, and has been used in many inscriptions discovered in different parts of Orissa. Lipatuṅgā is probably Lepta, six miles south-east of Bolangir. Odayaśṛṅga is probably Udayagiri Hill in the Cuttack district. Koṅkaleḍḍā is very probably Koknara in the Bora Sambar Zamindari of the Sambalpur district.² The third grant of this king was issued from the same place, Murasīmā, only a few months later in the same year. It was issued on the 13th day of the bright half of Kārtika in the year six of the reign of the king. The charter records the gift of the village of Pāsitala in the district (Vishaya) of Potā to two Brāhmaṇas named Śrīkeśava and Śrī-apya who were inhabitants of Leiśṛṅgā and emigrants from Kommāpīra. The grant was written by the Mahāsāndhivigrahika Koi-ghosha, son of Valla-ghosha, who is also the writer of the first and the second charters,¹ under the supervision of the Mahāsāndhivigrahi Malladatta, son of Dharadatta. The fourth inscription of this king is to be found on a set of plates now preserved in the Nagpur Museum, but their findspot is unknown. This charter also was issued from Murasīmā, spelt Murasīman. The first part is in verse and mentions the king as Janamejaya. The names of the king and his father with Imperial titles are given in the prose portion immediately following.