The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s1.52

v1.c17.s1.52

(2) *Patna grant (i).*—This was found in the Patna State. The inscription which contains 50 lines is written on three plates, and has the usual seal with the figure of the *Gaja-Lakṣmī*. It was issued from the camp (*kaṭaka*) at Vinītapura (mod. Binka in Sonpur State). The inscription contains the usual titles of the donor and his father, and records the grant of some land on the northern bank of the Dāśānariya-nadī (or the river of the Daśārṇa country?)⁴ belonging to the village of Talakajja⁵ in Sanūlā (or Sanṛtā)-*Viṣaya*,¹ in the Kośala-deśa, to a Brahman named Kāmadeva, a resident of Jalajaḍḍa² in Kosala. The inscription was written by the order of the *Rāṇaka* Dhāradatta, the *Mahāsandhivigrahin*, in the 8th year of Yayāti.³