History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c35.16

v2.c35.16

Chapter XII. The plate of Neṭṭabhañja, noticed by the author, has been published recently.* Angula, the place of issue of this plate, has been identified with Anugula, the English pronunciation of which is now Angul. The unspecified year, contained in this plate has been read as 98 and at the same time it has been assumed that all the unspecified years, the numerals of which are represented in symbols, of the copper plates of Orissa belonged to Harsa era, because Śīlāditya-Harṣavarddhana's supremacy over Orissa is proved by "The life of Heuen Tsiang" by Samuel Beal. To corroborate this assumption Rājamalla, the father of Tribhuvana Mahādevī of the Dhenkanal plate has been identified with Pallavamalla alias Kshatriyemalla, for the Pallavas are supposed to have belonged to Naga race while according to Hindol plate Tribhuvana-Mahādevī's father came of a Naga family. Apparently the year 98 of Neṭṭabhañja's plate corresponds to 704 A. D. Similarly the plates of Tribhuvana-Mahādevī, Śubhākaradeva II and Daṇḍimahādevī are assigned to the 8th century A. D.