The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s2.15

v1.c17.s2.15

The earliest inscription of the family appears to be the *Neulpur grant of Śubhakara*. It was found among the old records of a Zamindar of Darppan, in the Cuttack District. It contains 34 lines, incised on both sides of a single plate. The circular seal which is attached to a projection on one side of the plate bears in its upper part the figure of a bull couchant. Its lower part contains the legend *Śrī-Śubhākaradevasya*. The inscription is undated, but on palaeographic grounds can be referred to the 8th century A.D. It opens with *Oṁ Svasti-* *Jaya-skandhāvārāt Śubhadevapāṭakāt*, and then gives the following genealogy of the donor :