The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s2.51

v1.c17.s2.51

No records have yet been discovered of Loṇabhāra and his two sons Kusumabhāra and Lalitabhāra. But the *Dhenkanal grant* of Tribhuvana-mahādevī, the queen of the last prince, throws important light on his reign and the period immediately following. This inscription was discovered in the State of Dhenkanal in Orissa. It contains 42 lines, incised on both sides of a single plate. The seal has the figure of a bull couchant and the legend *Śrīmat Tribhuana(vana?)-mahādevī*. It was issued from the *Vijaya-skandhāvāra* at Śubheśvara-pāṭaka and is dated in year 35 of an unspecified era. It records the grant of the village of Kontaspārā in the Tosala-Viṣaya to *Bhaṭṭa* Jagaddhara for the object of ‘bringing down rain,’ by the queen Tribhuvana-mahādevī. The genealogy of the donor is given as follows: