The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s3.11

v1.c17.s3.11

(2) *Puri grant.*—This was preserved in the Rāghava Dāsa *maṭh* in the town of Puri in Orissa. It contains 43 lines incised on both sides of a single plate. 'From the middle of the top of both the plates rises a circular piece' which contains on its face a half-moon; below this is the figure of a boar (or a bull), and below this is the legend *Śrīmān Kulastambha-deva*. "The letters look like the 10th century Kuṭila inscription given in Princep's work." It opens with an invocation to Śiva, then follows the praise of Kulastambha-deva—born in the *Śulkī-kula* by a boon from the goddess Stambheśvarī. In lines 14-15 occurs the name of Kacchadeva, who may have been the governor of Kodāla. In lines 21-22 the donor seems to address the officers of Kaliṅga (?). It records grants of the village of Kāṅkanira in the Ulā(lo ?)-*Khaṇḍa* to *Bhāṭaputra* Madhusōdana (Madhusūdana ?) by *Parama-māheśvara Mahārāja* Rala(ṇa ?)stambha-deva. The grant was written by the *Kāyastha Mahāsāndhivigrahika* Kanānaya Jāka.¹