The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s1.58

v1.c17.s1.58

(3) *Cuttack grant.*—This was found among the official records at Cuttack. The original find-spot is not known. The inscription contains 66 lines, and is as usual incised on three plates. Ring and seal lost. The record opens with four verses describing the beauties of Vinītapura, on the Mahanadi, from which it was issued. Then in three verses it mentions a king named Janamejaya and his son Yayāti. Then follows the names of the donor and his father, with the usual titles,⁴ after which is recorded the grant of the village of Cāndagrāma in the Maraḍa-*Viṣaya* in the *Dakṣiṇa*-Kosala to the Brahman Śaṅkhapāṇi, an immigrant from Śrīvallagrāma in the Madhyadeśa and a resident of the Śilābhañja-pāṭī in the Oḍra-deśa. In lines 63-65 it is dated in the 9th year of Yayāti's reign. It ends with the name of the engraver, the *Vijñānī* Mādhava.⁵