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² *EI*, Vol. VI, pp. 153-54, Nos. 568, 655, 659-60, 664, 665, 672-73 and 711-14 of Kielhorn's list of Northern Inscriptions in *EI*, Vol. V, *Appendix*. Kielhorn though not venturing to express any definite opinion on the age of the inscription, remarked that it ‘could hardly be older than the 13th century.’ But I think the date of the grant must be placed sometime before the middle of the 12th century, for there could hardly be any place ‘for a sovereign ruler in the Ganjam area during the reign of Coḍagaṅga (c. 1076-1147 A.D.). In fact it seems likely that either Daṇḍi-mahādevī or her immediate successors were destroyed by that powerful ruler of Kaliṅganagara.