History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c29.31

v1.c29.31

It proves that towards the close of his reign Purushottama was in undisputed possession of the whole of the Godāvarī-Kṛṣṇa doāb and the whole country as far as Bezwada to the south of the delta of the Kṛṣṇa. The village granted in 1489, Potavaram, still exists in the Ongole taluga of the Guntur district. The object of the charter was the gift of the village of Potavaram to the Liṅgodbhava Mahādeva of Chadaluvāḍa on the bank of the river Brahmaguṇḍi for the purpose of personal enjoyment, stage-entertainments, and other splendours of the god.¹