Tribes in Ancient India c57.22

c57.22

Puṇḍravardhana is also referred to in a picture label of a manuscript of the Pāla period now in the Cambridge University Library²; and the name occurs in the *Devī-bhāgavata*, *Padma*, *Matsya*, *Brahmāṇḍa* and *Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇas*, as well as in the *Jñānārṇava Tantra*. According to the *Rājatarangiṇī*, Pauṇḍravardhana was the seat of government of Jayanta, a vassal chief of the kingdom of Gauḍa, when Jayāpīḍa, king of Kāśmīr, is said to have visited it in the eighth century A.D.; but Jayanta is not recognised as historical by present-day scholars.¹ Pauṇḍrabhukti, a shortened form of Puṇḍra-vardhana-bhukti, is referred to in the Rāmpāl copperplate of Śrīcandradeva, Belava copperplate of Bhojavarman, and Dhulla plate of Śrīcandra (for these records see *Inscriptions of Bengal*, Vol. III).