The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s1.79

v1.c17.s1.79

(2) *Kudopali grant.*—This was found buried in the ground at the village of Kudopali in the Bargarh tahsil of Sambalpur district. It contains 36 lines, and is as usual incised on three plates strung together by a ring. The ends of the ring are soldered into a seal which "bears in high relief a sitting *haṁsa* facing the proper left and surmounted by a crescent, and, below the *haṁsa*, the legend *Rāṇaka-Śrī-[Pu]ṁ[ja]*. " The top of the first side of the first plate contains the following line, the significance of which has not yet been understood: