The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s5.440

v1.c17.s5.440

(3) *Puri grant (i).*—This was found ‘in the *Maṭh* Tirmāli opposite to the northern gate of the temple of Jagannāth’ at Puri. The record is incised on 7 plates. ‘With the exception of the first and last plates the other plates are covered with writing on both sides and contain 24 lines on each side.’ They have ring-holes in the middle of the left side, but the ring is ‘not forthcoming.’ The grant opens with *Oṁ namaḥ Śivāya*. In its introductory portion the genealogy of the Gaṅgas is traced from Viṣṇu, as in No. 9 of Narasiṁhadeva II. Only the names from Bhānudeva II to Narasiṁhadeva IV are new in this document. It records the grant by the last prince of the village of Kiṁnari-*grāma*⁴ in the Uttara-*Khaṇḍa* Kalabho, worth 900 *māḍhas* of gold, to *Mahāpātra* Naraharidāsa. The grant is dated in the 8th *aṅka* year of the donor, in *Śaka* 1305 (A.D. 1384) and issued from Vārāṇasi-kaṭaka. It was inscribed by Durgādāsa.¹