The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s2.66

v1.c17.s2.66

(1) A. *Baudh grant of Raṇabhañja.*—This was found in the Baudh State. The inscription contains 49 lines, incised on three plates held together by a ring. The seal soldered to the ring is round in shape. 'The impression of the seal consists of a crescent above, the name of the king *Śrī-Raṇabhañja-devasya* in the middle and a seated bull facing the proper left below. The characters of the inscription, according to the editor, are more archaic in form than those of the Bamanghati grant of the same king or the Sonpur grant of his father Satrubhañja. They are more akin to the characters of the Gumsur grant of Netṛbhañja and the Orissa plates of Vidyādharabhañja.' The inscription gives the following genealogy of the donor :—