Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.380

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c8.380

Paṭṭikerā.—The Maināmāṭi copperplate inscription records a grant of land in a village called Bejakhaṇḍa in favour of a Buddhist vihāra built in the city of Paṭṭikerā. The inscription preserves the name of a monarch, who came to the throne of Paṭṭikerā in the year 1203-4 A.D. (*Haraprasād Memorial Volume*, pp. 283ff.; B. C. Law Vol., Pt. I, pp. 215-216).

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