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The inscription is very important as it reveals the existence of Nannarāja, an as you unknown king of the lunar dynasty of South Kosala or Chhattisgarh. He calls himself the son (atmaja) of Tivaradēva. Thus the genealogical table of the Panduvamki or Somavamál kings of South Kosala would now be as follows :
1. Udayana 2. Indrabela
3. Nanna I
Thänedēva
Bhavadēva
4. Tivara
6. Chandragupta 8. Nanna II
7. Harshagupta
8. Sivagupta-Balärjuns Mahāśiva-Tivararāja issued the Rajim' and Baloda plates respectively in the 7th and 9th years of his reign. He was the son of Nannadēvs and grandson of Indrabala. While his own grants mention him as sakala-Kosal-adhipati, the present inscription claims that he was not only in possession of Kõsala (South Kõsala, modern Chhattisgarh), but that his supremacy extended to the territories of Utkala (modern Orissa) and many other mandalas and that it was the valour of his own arms that brought those mandalas under his command. Scholars have different opinions M regards the date of Tivaradova. But I agree with the view that he came to the throne about 560 A.D.'
Like his father Tivara, Nanna II was an ardent worshipper of Vishnu and held sway over the whole of the Kõsala country. Nanna II probably had no sons and was succeeded by his uncle Chandragupta, grandfather of Maha-Sivagupta-Bālärjuna.
Among the geographical names mentioned in the record, Sripura, whence this grant was ingued, has been identified with Sirpur in the Raipur Distriot of Madhya Pradesh. Ashtadvars is the same as Adhabhära, the findspot of the plates. It is also mentioned in one of the Sītāmădhi Osve inscriptions. The gift village Kontiņika may possibly be either of the modern villages of Kithakoni and Kotmi, both about 12 miles from Adhabhāra.
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aterrifera: afra&T(darbama: parçocim1 CII, Vol. III, pp. 291 ff. . Abovo, Vol. VII, pp. 106 f.
Ibid., Vol. XXVI, p. 229. • Hiralal, op. cit., No. 222. . From the original plates. • Expressed by symbol.
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