The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s3.8

v1.c17.s3.8

(1) *Talcher grant.*—This belongs to the chief of the Talcher State. Exact find-spot not known. It contains 28 lines incised on both sides of a single plate bearing on its left a round seal. The impression of the seal " consists of a plane circle with a row of lotus petals along its circumference." In the upper part is " a deer couchant with a bough or some foliage in its mouth and a crescent, and a conch over its back." Below this is the legend *Śrī-Kulastambha-deva*. The space below the legend is " occupied by an expanding lotus flower." The inscription opens with *Oṁ svasti* and an invocation to Hara (*Siva*). It belongs to *Kodālādhirāsī Śrī-Stambheśvarī-ladbha-vara-prasādo parama-Māheśvaro-mātā-pitṛ-pādānudhyāyī Samadhigata-pañca-mahā-śabdo Mahārājādhirājaḥ Śrī-Raṇastambhaḥ parama-nāmadheyaḥ*¹-*Pb.-Kulastambha-rāṇaka*, son of Kalahastambha. It records the grant of the village of Siṅga in the Paścima-khaṇḍa of the Pūrva-Viṣaya to *Bhaṭṭa* Viśvarūpa who has come from Maṅgalavilā, on the occasion of the *Dakṣiṇāyana-saṁkrānti*. The income of the village is given in the last two lines as 44 *rūpya*. It was engraved by Dūrvadāsa.²