History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c23.3.5

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These plates were issued from Dantapura, the ancient capital of Kaliṅga, where the left canine tooth of the lower jaw of Buddha was brought by one of his disciples and a large *stūpa* built over it. This *stūpa* was destroyed by Brāhmaṇas and the tooth relic taken away to Ceylon. The most important fact mentioned in this inscription is that Indravarman’s father was Dānārṇava, from which scholars infer that Indravarman Rājasimha was Indravarman I and his son was Dānārṇava. Indravarman of the grants of the years 128 and 146 was Indravarman II, the grandson of Indravarman I. The plates of the year 149 were discovered in the village of Purle near Pālakonda in the Ganjam district. By this charter king Indravarman II records the grant of the village of Bhukkuku in the Kuraka-rāṣṭra to a brāhmaṇa of the Tiriliṅga and of the Kauśika *gotra* named Bhavadatta-śarman, on the full moon day of Kārtikeya. The charter was issued on the 30th day of Puṣyā of the year 149. The order was written by Khaṇḍichandra, the son of the Bhogika Āditya.¹ Five years later we find another king in Kaliṅga. He is apparently a son of Indravarman II who was named Dānārṇava II after his grandfather. These plates, issued in the year 154, are in the possession of the *Yuvarāja* of Tekkali in the Ganjam district. They were engraved by the same Khaṇḍichandra, son of the Bhogika Āditya.