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Sailodbhava Rulers of Kongada

By Vinayak Misra

Vol. 7 · No. 3September - 1931pp. 665–668English
Copper Plate Grants

Summary

This article reconstructs the genealogy and chronology of the Śailodbhava dynasty, which ruled parts of Kongoda (in coastal Odisha) in the seventh and eighth centuries. Using copperplate grants numbered 3 through 7, the author lists kings such as Śailodbhava, Aranabhita, Śrī Sainyabhita (also called Mādhavavarman), Ayāśobhita and Dharmarāja. He notes that Grant no. 7 is missing but that the eulogistic text of Madhyamarāja in that grant matches that of Grant no. 6, suggesting they refer to the same donor. By analysing the content of each charter—dates, land grants and genealogical verses—the author establishes a chronological sequence and suggests that Dharmarāja’s younger brother Madhyamarāja attempted to usurp power with the help of Tivara deva of Ratnapura but was defeated. The article situates the Śailodbhavas within the wider political landscape of early medieval Odisha, highlighting their struggles against neighbouring powers and their patronage of Brahmanical institutions.

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Conclusion

Through careful study of multiple grant plates, the article clarifies the succession of Śailodbhava kings and the dynamics of their rule. It underscores how epigraphic records illuminate regional histories otherwise absent from literary sources.

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  • “It is seen from the appended table that the geographical places in the Kodgada-mandala mentioned in the copper-plate grants of the Sailodbhava rulers, and of Subhikaradeva and Dandimahidevi of the Kara family are now identified ता the Ganjam district or in the neighbourhood of its border.”
  • “I, therefore, think that the capital of Kongada with Ganjam and should be identified that the place of issue of the Grant 00. 2 was a temporary camp established on the bank of the 5ilia in Barpur.”

Works cited in this article

  1. History of Deccan by દિ. (7. Bhandarkar, p. 117.
  2. See E. [, vol. XIII, p. 253 for Candragupta’s deleat and Imd, તક, vol, X1, p. 216 for the initial year of Amoghavarga’s reign.

Discussed in this article

People

Places

  • Banpur
  • Silima
  • Puri district
  • Nayagarah State
  • Mahendra hill
  • Kalahandi State
  • Ganjam district 7
  • Kodgada-mandala

Dynasties, sects & groups

  • Sailodbhava

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Vol. 7 · No. 3
435–457Finger-posts of Bengal HistoryBijoy Nath Sarkar458–463The Queen’s Donation EdictSailendra Nath Mitra464–474Studies in the KautiliyaNarendra Nath Law475–480The Economic Conditions of Bengal during the Years 1793 - 1858Gottlieb L. Schanzlin481–498The Frontier Problem of the MughalsH. N. Sinha499–514Usnisa-siraskata in early Buddha images of IndiaJitendra Nath Banerjee515–522Two Tantri StoriesA. Venkatasubbiah523–530The Samrajya of YudhisthiraChamupati530–536Gopala Deva I of BengalMuhammad Shahidullah537–627The Problem of the MahanatakaSushil Kumar De628–628VyosaKshitish Chandra Chatterjee629–629Date of the MudraraksasaJarl Charpentier629–632Surastra under the MauryasBankim Ch. Ray Chaudhuri632–632A Note on Surcsvaracarya and Mandana MisraAmar Nath Roy633–634Notes on the Nagarjunikonda Inscriptions635–643MADHUSHEDANA�S TEXT (Jivinanda's Ed,)Sushil Kumar De644–650Kulasekhara Alvar and his date651–653Notes On The Nagarjunikosda Inscriptions - IV - PasidakinamNalinaksha Dutt654–656The “Webbed Fingers” of BuddhaJitendra Nath Banerjee657Notes on Asoka RescriptsSailendra Nath Mitra658–663Some Notes on Ownership of the Soil in Ancient IndiaU. N. Ghoshal664Nalanda Stone Inscription of YasovarmadevaRamesh Chandra Majumdar665–668Sailodbhava Rulers of KongadaVinayak MisraCurrent article669–673The hair and the usnisa on the head of the Buddhas and the JinasRamaprasad Chanda674–681Select Contents of Orlental Journals

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