The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s4.2

v1.c17.s4.2

(1) *Ganjam grant of Mādhava-rāja.*—This was found in the office of the Collector of Ganjam. Exact find-spot not known. It contains 31 lines, incised on 3 plates. The ends of the ring on which the plates are strung are ‘secured in the base of an elliptical seal. In the depression of the seal are, in relief, a couchant bull facing the proper right,’ and below this the legend *Śrī-Sainyabhītasya*. The inscription opens with the date Gupta year 300 (A.D. 619-20) in the reign of *Mahārājādhirāja*-Śaśāṅka-rāja. It was issued ‘from the victorious Kōṅgeda, near the bank of the Sālimā river.’ The genealogy of the donor is as follows:—