History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c22.19

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Up to this time it has been generally supposed that Cuttack was the capital of this line of kings. Some of the inscriptions of this dynasty of kings were discovered in the record room of the Cuttack Collectorate, and in the majority of cases the copper plate inscriptions of this dynasty use the word Kaṭaka in naming the place from which the grant was issued. The use of this word persuaded the late Dr. Fleet to assume that Cuttack was their capital. But the word Kaṭaka was used in the sense of an encampment and not a proper name. Let us take the example of the Cuttack plates of the year six in the first line of which it is stated :