1904.] G. M. Laskar —Khurda Copper-Plate Grant of M&dhava. 283 
assigned to the latter half of the 7th century. So king Madhava 
of our plates cannot be later than this period. 
The characters employed in the Buguda plates are stated by Kiel- 
horn to belong to the same variety. But as neither photographs nor 
facsimiles of the plates are published with his paper, I cannot say 
whether the characters used in the two records are exactly alike. 
King Madhava is stated in the new plates to have sprung from 
S'ailodbhava’s lineage, to have exercised sovereignty over the whole of 
Kalinga, and to have been a worshipper of the god Mahesvara. He is 
distinctly described as the son of Yasobhita and grandson of Sainya- 
bhita. Dr. Kielhorn considers Madhava to be the son of Sainyabhita. 
He was perhaps led to this conclusion by the fact that after having 
described some of bis predecessors in succession, the Buguda plates intro¬ 
duce Madhavavarman’s name just after Sainyabhita. But they do 
not state the relationship between the two. So this circumstance 
simply means that Madhava was a descendant of Sainyabhita, but not 
necessarily his son. The new plates, although they give the names of 
three generations only, are clear on this point and distinctly state that 
Madhava was the son of Yasobhita and grandson of Sainyabhita. 
The revised genealogy accordingly stands thus :— 
Through Pulindasena’s prayer was created— 
S'ailodbhava, the founder of the dynasty 
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Ranabhita, (the descendant of Sailodbhava) 
Sainyabhita I, Ranabhita’s son 
Yasobhita I, Sainyabhita’s descendant ^TTH: 
Sainyabhita II, Yasobhita’s son rliR** 
Yasobhita II, Sainyabhita’s son 
Madhavaraja, Madhavendra or Madhavavarman, Yas'o- 
bhita’s son. 
We need not doubt the identity of Madhava of the new charter 
with Madhavendra or Madhavavarman of the Buguda plates. Both 
charters issue from the same place Kohgoda, or Kaingoda. In both 
Madhava is described as a descendant of S'ailobdhava and a ruler of 
Kalinga. The village granted by the Buguda plates was situated in 
the Gudda visaya or district. I have not been able to identify the 
localities mentioned in the two charters. Many villages in Ganjam and 
the neighbouring districts have names either beginning or ending in the 
