India history and geography

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

Daddapaiya (दद्दपैय), son of Brahmaṇaiya, is the name of a Brāhmaṇa mentioned in the “Ṭhāṇā plates of Mummuṇirāja”. Accordingly, “And to the Vāvailaka Brāhmaṇas of places outside the viṣaya of Vareṭikā, viz., first to the learned Brāhmaṇa Daddapaiya, the son of the learned Brāhmaṇa Brahmaṇaiya, of the Gārgya-gotra and the Ṛgveda-śākhā, who has emigrated from Madhyadeśa, twenty drammas out of the revenue of the Koṭṭharaveḍhī field in the village Mūlanda situated in the Abhyantara-ṣaṭshaṣṭi-viṣaya together with one and a half mūṭaka measure from the produce of rice grains according to the measure in use in this village”.

Daddapaiya is mentioned in the “Prince of wales museum plates of Mummuṇirāja”. Accordingly, “... while the administration (Śrīkaraṇa) consisting of the Mahāmātya, the illustrious Daddapaiya, the Mahāsāndhivigrahika, the illustrious Viṭṭhapaiya and so forth is bearing the burden of the cares of his kingdom...”.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Full-text: Brahmanaiya, Vitthapaiya.

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