The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s2.81

v1.c17.s2.81

The inscription was also issued from Dhṛtipura, and grants Milupāḍī-khaṇḍakṣetra in the Royarā-*Viṣaya*,⁵ in Ubhaya-Khiñjali-*Maṇḍala* to *Bhaṭṭaputra* Kṛṣṇa. It was sealed by Śivanāga, son of Pāṇḍi.⁶ (4) D. *Bamanghati grant of Raṇabhañja.*—This was found buried in the ground in the Bamanghati subdivision of Mayurbhanj State. The inscription contains 36 lines incised on both sides of a single plate. The seal is shaped like a full-blown lotus, and bears the figure of a bull standing before a trident. Below the bull there is the legend *Śrī-Raṇabhañja-debasya*, and above it a crescent moon. The characters belong to the 12th century. The inscription begins by an invocation to Bhava (Śiva) and then gives the following genealogy of the donor :