History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c22.5
History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c22.5
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Long ago scholars thought that these petty kings of Eastern Mahākośala were the descendants of the early or the later Imperial Guptas and the name "Guptas of Kośala" was applied to them at one time. For the simple reason that some of their land-grants were discovered in the record-room of the Collector of the Cuttack district, the late Dr. J. F. Fleet named the dynasty Somavamśis of Cuttack, though it could not be proved that they held sway over Orissa proper for any length of time. Their real origin was made clear for the first time by Mr. Hira Lal, when he edited the Sirpur inscription of the time of Mahāśivagupta-Bālārjuna.¹