History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c35.42
History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c35.42
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A copper-plate grant of Madhukarnava has been noticed in the Madras Epigraphic Report of the year 1919. It contains the year 526 of the Ganga era. Madhukarnava was the father of Vajrahasta V, the father of Rajaraja. This Vajrahasta ascended the throne in Saka 960 or A. D. 1038. His immediate predecessor Madhukarnava ruled for 19 years. Apparently the Ganga era commenced either in the last quarter of the 5th century A. D. or in the 1st decade of the 6th century A. D. This newly discovered plate would no doubt set at rest all controversies as to the initial year of the Ganga era.