THE ANTIQUITIES OF MUKHALINGAM. 
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2. — Devendeavarman's Plates. 
(a) This is a set of three plates strung- on a ring to 
which is attached a seal. The emblem on the seal is not 
recognisable. The characters of the plate are for the most 
part like those of Tndravarman's plate No. CXLII. The 
date is given in decimal figures as well as in words. The 
language used is Sanskrit. 
(b) The village Voppangi mewtxo-aedL in the plates as 
having been constituted into an agrahdrn, is situated at a 
very short distance from Chicacole and near Arasavalle, a 
place of pilgrimage containing a temple dedicated to the 
sun-god. The donees are said to belong to the Krishnd-treya 
gotra, a name that does not generally occur. It is not 
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known how it differs from the Atreya gotra. 
(c) The name of Devendravarman'ft father is curiously 
enough Oundrnava Names ending in aniava frequently 
occur in the genealogical table contained in the Vizagapatam 
grant of Anantavarma-Ghodaganga. 
Abstract of Contents, (a) From the victorious city of 
Kalinga, he, who has had the stains of the Kaliyuga washed 
away by bowing down before the feet of the god Ookarna- 
svd-min on the summit of the hill Mahendra, the best of the 
Gdnga dynasty, and who has acquired by the edge of- his 
own sword the supremacy over the whole Kalinga country, 
Maharaja Devendravarman, son of Gundrriava (11. 1 — 8) ; 
(b) Commands the kidurnbins or householders of the 
village Voppang-i in Saradamadamba (?) in the district 
KroshtuJcavartani J (11. 8 — 9) : 
(c) Be it known unto you — whereas this village is by 
us granted rent-free, constituted into au agrdhdra, on the 
8th day of the bright fortnight of the month of Mdgha 
in Udagayana (1. 1 1), to the hrahmachdrins of the Kdshna- 
treya gotra, named Char ambasar man, Bhavasarman, 
