The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s4.1

v1.c17.s4.1

The Sailodbhavas appear to have been ruling in the S.E. of Orissa and the Ganjam district from about the 7th to the 10th or 11th century A.D. Excepting one inscription, which is dated in G.S. 300 (619-20 A.D.) most of their records are undated, and we have to depend only on palaeographic evidence to fix their age. Their documents are usually dated from Kōṅgōda-*Maṇḍala*, which is generally taken to be the region now occupied by the Ganjam district. There is nothing in their inscriptions to indicate that they ever became a sovereign power. Though with one exception they never mention the the names of their overlords, it would seem from their titles that they always occupied a feudatory rank. The following records are known for their reigns:—