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really identical with the Sasankarkja of this inscription, it follows that he must have continued to reign at least 13 years after the murder of Rajyavardhana and the accession of Harsha.
As, at the beginning of the inscription, Sagånkarája is mentioned as the Maharajadhiraja ruling the earth, he must be understood to have been the sovereign of the prince who issued the grant. This was the Maharaja Mahásdmanta Madhavardja II. (1. 17 f.) of the Silodbhava family (1.10), the son of Yaibhita (1.9) and grandson of Madhavaraja I. (1.8). He was a worshipper of siva (11. 14-17) and, to judge from the legend on the seal of his grant, bore the surname Saingabhita. The only other inscription of the same dyoasty, which has been publisbed, are the Buguda plates of Madhavavarman, surnamed Sainyabhital of the family of Sailodbhava. As the alphabet of these plates is considerably more modern than that of the subjoined inscription, it follows that Ysáðbhita's son Sainyabhita Madhavavarman of the Buguda plates was a remote descendant of Yasobhita's son Saingabhita Madhavarája II., the contemporary and subordinate of Sabaikaraja.
At an eclipse of the sun (1. 23) Madhavardja II. granted to a Brahmaņa the village of Chhavalakkhaya (1.18 f.) in the Krishpagiri-vishays. He issued his order from the victorious Koingeda' (1.8) on the bank of the Salima river (1.7). None of these local names can be traced on the map at present. Krishwagiri, the head-quarters of the vishaya,
might be identical with its synonym Nilagiri, which is a name of Jagannatha (Puri) in Orissa.s Kôngêda is mentioned in the form Kaingoda as the residence of Madhayavarman in the Bugada lates (1.29), and the Kongdda-mandala oocurs in the two grants of Dandimahadevi. Professor Kielhorn identifies Koigoda with the Kong-u-toof Hinen Tsiang. .
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First Plate. 1 नों' स्वस्ति । चतुरुदधिसलिलवीचीमेखलानिलीनायां सद्दीपा-' 2 गरपत्तनवत्या वसुन्धरायां गौप्ताव्द वर्षशतचये वर्तमान 3 महाराजाधिराजाश्रीशशाङ्कराज्ये शासति गगणतल4 विनि[:] मतभगीरथावतारिताया हिमवहिररुपरि 5 पतना[द*]नेकशिलासंहातविभिबवधि पातालात्तजलौघे० 6 सुरसरित व विविधतश्वरकुसुमसच्छबोभयतटा
Second Plate; First Side. 7 तविनिपतितजलाशयायाः श[]लिमासरितः "कुला[पकण्ठा8 "जयकोङ्गदात्महाराजमहासामन्तथीमाधवराजस्व प्रियतनयो 9 महाराज()यशोभीतस्तस्यापि प्रियसूनुः स्वगुण[मरीचिनिकर10 "प्रबोधितशिलोजवकुलकमलो विकोशनीलोत्पल
1 In taking Sainyabhita (verse 9 of the Buguda plates) masurname of Madbaravarman (r. 12 of the same plates) 1 differ from Professor Kielborn, who understands Madhavavarman to have been the son of Sainsabhita
Above, Vol. III. p.41R. See my Reports on Sawbrit Manuscripts in Southern India, No. I. p. 59, note 3, and p. 69, No. 291. .See page 136 above.
From the original ooppor-plates. Expressed by a symbol. 1 Read सहीपगिरिपतनवल्या. Read गौशाद.
• Read राजनीशशारराजे. • Read संघातविभिनवहिपातितासर्जलौघाया:(२).
॥ Read कूलोप. - Read°विनयकीदान्महा. "Read प्रबोधित.
