History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c23.3.2

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The charter records the grant of the village of Tāmarachheru in the district (*vishaya*) of Varāha-varttani to 300 Brāhmaṇas of the Vājasaneya (*Charana*). The order was written by the illustrious *Sāmanta* Nāgarāja and incised by the *Akshaśālī* Sarvadeva.³ Next in order is the inscription on the Urlam plates of a king named Hastivarman of the year 80. These plates are the private property of the Raja of Urlam in the Chikakol *taluga* of the Ganjam district. The charter records the grant of a piece of land in the village of Hoṇḍevaka in the district of Kroṣṭuka-varttani as an *agrahāra* to a Brāhmaṇa named Jayaśarman after purchasing the land from the residents of the village on the 8th *tithi* of Kārtika of the year 80. The grant was written by Vinayachandra, son of Bhānuchandra, and in the verse in which the writer's name is given the king is called Rājasimha.¹ In an additional verse at the end of the inscription the king is also called Raṇabhīta. With these indications we must now proceed to consider the grants of Indravarman-Rājasimha which follow those of Hastivarman. The plates discovered at Achyutaparam in the Ganjam district were issued in the year 87.