The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s5.96

v1.c17.s5.96

(2) *Nadagam grant.*—Discovered in a field at Nadagam, a village in the Narasannapeta taluk of the Ganjam district. It contains 57 lines, incised on 5 plates. The ring which holds the plates has the same circular seal as in No. 1. The inscription opens as in No. 1 and gives the same genealogy. It records the grant of the Erada-*Viṣaya* containing the 12 villages of Velpūra, Trumumkā, Vappuḍām,⁴ Vallurama, Arnago ...... (tpemmimbā, Konūrana, Poduru, Vāḍām,⁵ Muringām, Kanamarampa, Devaremacikīḍamba, and Gudrapī, having been (clubbed together and) named Vepūrā-*Viṣaya* to one Pāṅgu-Sāmaya,⁶ by *Parama-māheśvara-Pb.-M.-Trikaliṅgādhipati* Vajrahastadeva. It was issued from Kaliṅganagara,⁷ in the *Śaka* year of Aja (9), the mountains (7) and the treasures (9), *i.e.*, *Ś.* 979 (A. D. 1058). Verse 9 tells us that the donor was anointed when the aggregate of the *Śaka* years was reaching the number of the sky (0), seasons (6) and treasures (9), *i. e.*, Ś. 960 (A. D. 1038). In the last line is further recorded the grant of the village of Nugila in the *Viṣaya* of Kōlu-vartanī.¹ The last line (line 57) is in portions indistinct apparently being written on three lines of partially effaced writing.²