[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v1.c17.s3.8 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s3.8 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s3.8 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c17.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.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 - [Previous: v1.c17.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c17.s3.7) - [Next: v1.c17.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c17.s3.9) - [Up: v1.c17.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c17.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c17.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c17.s3.8) · Pramāṇa