The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s3.22

v1.c17.s3.22

(2) *Puri grant.*—Found in the Rāghava Dāsa *maṭh* in the town of Puri. It contains 37 lines incised on both sides of a single plate. The circular seal attached to the middle of the top of the plate contains the legend *Śrīmāṁ Raṇa(?)stambha-deva*³ and the figure of a boar.⁴ The letters belong, according to the editor, to the 10th century A.D. It begins with an invocation to *Śiva*. It records the grant of the village of Pajara in the Ulo-*Khaṇḍa* to *Bhaṭṭaputra* Veluka.⁵ (3) *An incomplete grant.*—Find-spot not stated. It contains 21 lines on one side of a single plate. The seal bears the figure of a bull, a crescent moon, and the legend *Śrī Raṇa-stambha-devasya*. It was issued from Kodālaka. It records the grant of the village of Jārā in the Jārā-Khaṇḍa in the Rāḍhā-Maṇḍala to Paucuka by the *Parama-māheśvara-Samadhigata-pañca-mahā-śabda-Raṇastambha-deva*. Among his ancestors can be read the names of Kaṁ(Kāñ)canastambha and Kulastambha.¹