History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c35.27
History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c35.27
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Chapter XIV. An important copper plate inscription of Uddyotakesari Mahābhavagupta has, very recently, been edited by Pandit Binayak Misra in J. B. O. R. S. Vol. XVII pp. 1-24. This plate was discovered at Balijhari in the Narasinghpur state. It records the gift of two villages Kontalaṇḍā and Lovākaradā in the Airāvaṭṭamaṇḍala of the Oṛḍi country to Śankar Śarmā and Balabhadra Śarmā, who were uterine brothers and immigrants from Palāsa in Tirabhukti. They belonged to Gārga Gotra and were students of Ṛgveda. Kontalaṇḍā, Lovākaradā and Airāvaṭṭa are identified with Kantilo, Māradā and Raṭāgarh respectively situated on the southern bank of the Mahanadi.