Vol. I, No. Li) Charters of the Somavamsi Rings. 3 
fasrameatq would, as they stand, mean ‘from the glorious 
camps of victory pitched at Murasima and. Arama, respectively,’ 
or “from the camps of victory of the glorious king 
who was residing at Mirasima and Arama, respectively:’ Mr. 
M. M. Chakravarti, who assigns the charters to the 12th century 
rather than to the 11th as done by Mr. Fleet, objects to Mr. Fleet’s ~ 
gum. of the term and ‘considers that these kings could 
not rule in Orissa, for at ant ae kings of the Gangavamésa 
dynasty were masters of that pr 
The title ‘Tri- Kalidpadiipadt ‘Ais dl of the three eealsget) used 
Kalinga is a vague term to us. But it seems to ol sure aia it 
included the whole of — with at least a few districts in the 
neighbourhood. Now Kalinga was a strip of country between the 
- sea-coast and the Eastern Ghats. It extended to about Viz 
patam in the south. Its northern limit is said in the Mahabharata 
to be the river Vaitarani (mod. Byterni), which river and - 
sane people the Pandavas are eLdgnonihed to — oo - the 
as). The grant 
alingidhipati attached to their satay but not the title Kogalendra 
font of Kotal), although they w re undoubtedly the masters of 
the Kogala country. Indeed, by the lk latter title Maha-Bhavagupta I 
is referred to in charters B, and D. But this title is not used 
along with their names nor is it joined to the title Tri-Kalinga- 
ae which is almost invariably prefixed to their names. 
This seems to show that the title Sie gobo adhipati was 2 shoueee 
oO 
included in Tri-Kaliiga (three Raltagas)” Ths we see that they 
possessed at least.a part of Tri-Kalinga and. therefore the title 
held sway over what is now called the Patna State is ae eee 
eS ihe oe or districts are called Telatatta and Oagatata ~ 
ble). These a ee that they were on the banks of t 
part of of th 
if Mr. pate Sdenkgantion of Vinitapura and Yayatinagara 
with, the town of Katak (Cu ne) be correct, we may notice this 
fact. obhe, issuing p laces of J Maha-Bhavagupta I's charters are 
bas 
