Impact of Vedic Culture on Society
by Kaushik Acharya | 2020 | 120,081 words
This page relates ‘Chart: Movement of Vedic Brahmanas’ of the study on the Impact of Vedic Culture on Society as Reflected in Select Sanskrit Inscriptions found in Northern India (4th Century CE to 12th Century CE). These pages discuss the ancient Indian tradition of Dana (making gifts, donation). They further study the migration, rituals and religious activities of Brahmanas and reveal how kings of northern India granted lands for the purpose of austerities and Vedic education.
Chart: Movement of Vedic Brāhmaṇas
Here is a dynasty-wise chronological chart followed by every possible detail that shows the movement of vedic brāhmaṇas during the early and early medieval period (4th to 12th century CE). We may come to know the premiere vedic centers in a different period, vedic brāhmaṇas belong to which branch was being brought from other places most, the highest number of migrations took place during which period under which dynasty orking and vedic culture that flourished all over and practiced utmost attention in northern India during the period under discussion. It goes without saying that the migration of vedic brāhmaṇas in northern India during the early and early-medieval period will usher in a crucial chapter in the history of India.
The Movement of Vedic Brāhmaṇas During Early and Early-Medieval Period in Northern India:
| Title of the inscription and Date | The donor King and Dynasty | Donee Brāhmaṇa and Vedic branch | Migrated from | Migrated to |
| The Vākāṭakas | ||||
| Pāndhurnā Plates of Pravarasena II (c. 449 CE) | Pravarasena II, Vākāṭaka | Many brāhmaṇas, prominent among them Yajñārya and Bhojārya of Vājasaneya Branch (white Yajurveda). | Kāllāra, Betul District, Madhya Pradesh. | Ārammi, may be identical with modern Āmlā, a station on the Iṭārsi Nāgpur line of the Central Railway, in Madhya Pradesh. |
| The Maitrakas of Valabhī | ||||
| Palitānā Plates of Dhruvasena (c. 525 CE) | Dhruvasena, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Kumāraśarman and Jarabhajyi of Chāndogya branch of Sāmaveda. | Residing at Śankaravātaka , however modern state not identified yet. | Madkānā or modern Mukharid in Saurashtra in Gujarat. |
| Grant of Dharasena II (c. 589-590 CE) | Dharasena II, Maitrakas of Valabhī | _ | Ānarttapura /Ānandapuraor modern Vaḍnagar in Gujarat. | Kheṭaka or modern Kheda in Kaira district in Gujarat. |
| Navalakhi Plate of Śīlāditya (c. 605-606 CE) | Śīlāditya I, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Group of forty four vedic brāhmaṇas belonging to different vedic branches. | Sangapurī or modern Shahāpur near Junagarh in modern Gujarat. | Vaṭanagara, which has been doubtfully identified with either Vaḍnagar or Vatapadra, which might have been the ancient name of Baroda, in modern Gujarat. |
| Vāla Plates of Śilāditya-I (c. 606 CE) | Śīlāditya I, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Bhaṭṭi, of Kauthuma school (śākhā) of the Chāndogya branch of Sāmaveda. | Ānarttapura /Ānandapura or modern Vaḍnagar in Gujarat. | Kālāsāmaka or Kāṭasara in the neighborhood of Valabhī or modern Vāla near Bhāvnagar in Kathiawar, Gujarat. |
| Virdi Plates of Kharagraha I (c. 616-17 CE) | Kharagraha I, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Bhava, Sabrahmachāri of Maitrāyanīya school (Yajurveda). | Chiñchānaka or modern Chinjhka, two miles to the south of Lusdī near Mandal, Bhavnagar district in Gujarat. | Mandali-dranga, the place named Mandal, which possibly represents Mandali, the headquarters of the sthali now in modern Gujarat. |
| Amreli Plates of Kharagraha I (c. 616-17 CE) | Kharagraha I, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Gupta , Vājasaneya Branch (white Yajurveda). | Kāsandrā -25 miles to the south of Ahmadābād, in modern Gujarat. | Ānumañji or modern Amreli distrct of modern Gujarat. |
| L.D. Institute Copper Plate of Dhruvasena II (c. 630-31 CE) | Dhruvasena -II- Baladitya, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Mātṛdatta, A student adherent of Chachhāgaleya branch and well versed in four Vedas. | Daśāpura or modern Mandasor in Madhya Pradesh. | Valabhī or modern Vāla near Bhāvnagar in Kathiawar , Gujarat. |
| Grant of Dhruvasena-II Balāditya (c. 632 CE) | Dhruvasena -II Balāditya, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Mātrakāla | Girinagara , modern Girnar, Kathiawar in modern Gujarat. | Kheṭaka or modern Kheda in Kaira district in Gujarat. |
| Goras Plates of Dhruvasena II (c. 632 CE) | Dhruvasena -II, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Two Brāhmaṇa cousins Devakula and Bhāda, Sabrahmachāri of Chāndogya branch of Sāmaveda. | Velāpadra, which doubtfully identified with Vélivadar in Kathiawad, in modern Gujarat. | Gorakeśa or modern Goras Bhavnagar region, in Gujarat. |
| Nogawa Plates of Dhruvasena II - A (c. 639 -640 CE) | Dhruvasena -II, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Agnisvāmin and Saṅgaravi Vājasaneya śākhā (white Yajurveda). | Agnisvāmin from Udumbaragahvara (unidentified) and Saṅgaravi from Jambūsara -which is same as Jambūsara Taluk of the Broach district in modern Gujarat. | Ayanakāgrahāra (have not been identified may be near Daśapura or Mandasor in Malwa, in Madhya Pradesh). |
| Nogawa Plates of Dhruvasena II -B (c. 640 -641 CE) | Dhruvasena -II, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Dattasvāmi and Kukārasvāmi associated to the Yajurveda, Vājasaneya Branch (white Yajurveda). | Both of them had come from the same place Udumbaragahvar a, which maybe in Gujarat. | Ayanakāgrahāra (have not been identified may be near Daśapura or modern Mandasor in Malwa, in Madhya Pradesh). |
| Amreli Museum Plates (c. 642 -643 CE) | Dhruvasena -II, Maitraka of Valabhī | - | Ānarttapura /Ā nan dapura or modern Vaḍnagar in Gujarat. | Valabhī or modern Vāla near Bhāvnagar in Kathiawar , Gujarat. |
| Bhāvnagar Plates of Dhārāsena (IV) -A (c. 645–646 CE) | Dhārāsena IV, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Arjuna and Mankasvāmin, S abrahmacārī of Chāndogya Branch of Sāmaveda. | Siṃhapura which is in Sihor, Saurashtra, in Gujarat. | Kikkaṭāputra, in Saurashtra, in modern Gujarat. |
| Alinā Plates of Dharasena-IV (c. 649–650 CE) | Dharasena- IV, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Nārāyanamitra , a sabriahmachārī of Bahvṛca Branch of Ṛgveda. | Ānarttapura /Ānandapuraor modern Vaḍnagar in Gujarat. | Village of Kāsara which is unidentified [maybe nearby Kaira district, in Gujarat as per Alina Plates of Kharagraha-II, (c. 656-57AD)]. |
| Kheda (Kaira) Plates of Dhruvasena-IV (c. 649–650 CE) | Dharasena- IV, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Aditiśarmman , Vājasaneya Branch (white Yajurveda). | Udumbaragahvar a, which is not been identified, However, maybe in Gujarat. | Kheṭaka or modern Kheda of Kaira district, in Gujarat. |
| Kāpaḍvaṇaj Plates of Dhrūvasena III (c. 653 -654 CE) | Dhruvasena -III, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Bhaṭṭibhaṭa , Vājasaneya Branch (white Yajurveda). | Mahichhaka - which lay near Kāpadvaņaj, now in Gujarat. | In a village Pattapadraka in of the dakṣiṇapatta Śivabhāgapura-viṣaya, Maybe in Southern Gujarat. |
| Alina Plates of Kharagraha-II (c. 656–657 CE) | Kharagraha- II, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Nārāyaṇa, A sabrahmacāri of Bahvṛca branch of the Vedas. | Ānarttapura /Ānandapura or modern Vaḍnagar in Gujarat. | Kheṭaka or modern Kheda of Kaira district, in Gujarat. |
| Grant of Śilāditya-I II (c. 666 CE) | Śilāditya III, Maitraka of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Yajñadatta. | Ānarttapura /Ānandapura or modern Vaḍnagar in Gujarat. | Valabhī or modern Vāla near Bhāvnagar in Kathiawar , Gujarat. |
| Grant of Śilāditya-I II (c. 666 CE) | Śilāditya III, Maitraka of Valabhī | Three brāhmaṇas Pittaleśvara Brāhmaṇa and Brāhmaṇa Nāga , another donee was Brāhmaṇa Soma. | Pittaleśvara and Nāga migrated from Girināgara or modern Girnar in Junāgadh district, Gujarat. Another donee Soma from Kuśahrada, or Kasardra, Ahmedabad in Gujarat. | Maybe some place in Surāṣtra region, in modern Gujarat. |
| Jesar Plates of Śiladitya-III, Set. I (c. 666–667 CE) | Śīlāditya III, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brahmaṇa Dikṣita, A cāturvidyā-sāmānya Vājasaneya-Branch (white Yajurveda) (as mentioned in next set of Jesar plates). | Puṣyasāmbapura, which is not been identified. | Valabhī or modern Vāla near Bhāvnagar in Kathiawar , Gujarat. |
| Lunsadi Plates of Sīlāditya II -A (c. 669-670 CE) | Śilāditya-I I, Maitraka of Valabhī | Two brāhmaṇa brothers. | Dvipa or Diu in recent times. | Not dentified. However maybe in village of Desenaka,in Surāṣtra region, in modern Gujarat. |
| Lunsadi Plates of Sīlāditya II -B (c. 671–672 CE) | Śīlāditya II, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Magopadatta, an Adhvaryyu, yajurvedīya Brāhmaṇa. | Ānandapura–located in modern Gujrat. | Valabhī or modern Vāla near Bhāvnagar in Kathiawar , Gujarat. |
| Jesar Plates of Siladitya-III Set. II (c. 676–677 CE) | Śīlāditya III, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brahmaṇa Dikṣita, A cāturvidyāsāmānya Vājasaneya-Branch (white Yajurveda). | Puṣyasāmbapura, which is not been identified. | Valabhī or modern Vāla near Bhāvnagar in Kathiawar , Gujarat (as mentioned in previous set of Jesar plates). |
| Anastu Plates of Siladitya -III (c. 677 CE) | Śīlāditya III, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Bālāśarmman, An Adhvaryu sabrahmachāri or was yajurvedīya brāhmaṇa. | Girināgara or modern Girnar in Junāgadh district, Gujarat. | Śraddhikā , which is not identified. |
| Bhāvnagar Plates of Siladitya III (c. 691 CE) | Śilāditya-I II, Maitrakas of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Bhūta-kumāra, A sabrahmacārī of Maitrāyaṇīya school of Yajurveda. | Gomūtrikā - has not been identified yet. | Valabhī or modern Vāla near Bhāvnagar in Kathiawar , Gujarat. |
| Grant of Śilāditya (c. 722-723 CE) | Śilāditya , Maitraka of Valabhī | Brāhmaṇa Bhatṭa Vāsudevabhūti. | Śrīvardhamānabh ukti which is still to be identified. | Liptikhanda , Not identified yet. |
| The Guhilās | ||||
| Dungarpur Plates (c. 655 CE) | Bhāvihita, Guhilās of Kiṣkindhap ura | Brāhmaṇa Āsangaśarman, A sabrahmacārī of Mādhyandina branch of Śuklayajurveda. | Ujjayini or Ujjain, Mālwa region in Madhyapradesh. | Kuragirika,which issomewhere in Rajasthan. |
| The Kaṭachchuri/ Early Kalāchuris | ||||
| Abhona Plates of Samkaragaṇa (c. 596-597 CE) | Śamkaragaṇa, Kaṭachchuri / Early Kalācuri | Brāhmaṇa Svāmin. | The locations have not been identified | Kallivana or modern Kalvana in Nasik district in Maharashtra. |
| Sarsavani Plates of Buddharaja (c. 610 CE) | Buddharāja , Kaṭachchuri | Brāhmaṇa Bappa–svāmin, Adherent of Vājasaneya -Kaṇva branch of Śukla-yajurveda. | Debhaka is doubtfully identified with the modern Debkā eight miles west of Padrā in the Vadodara distric of modern Gujarat. | Not known |
| The Pānduvamśis | ||||
| Bonda Plates of Mahāśiva Tīvara (c. 600 CE) | Mahāśiva Tīvara , Pānduvamśi s | Twenty-five brāhmaṇas belonged to Yajurveda, and Sāmaveda. | Avanti or western Malwa/ Lāṭa in modern Gujarat. | Bondaka or modern Bonda, in the Raigarh district in Madhya Pradesh. |
| The Early Gurjaras | ||||
| Kaira Plates of Dadda (Prasantaraga) - A (c. 629 -630 CE) | Dadda-II, Praśāntarāg a, Early Gurjara | Forty brāhmaṇas. Thirty-five of them were adherents of ṛgvedīya, yajurvedīya and Chāndogya (Sāmavedīya) śākhās and other brāhmaṇas were Athavavedins. | Thirty-five brāhmaṇa-d onees were migrated from Jambūsarā,in Broach, in Gujarat. Other Athavavedins brāhmaṇas were migrated from Bharukachcha or modern Broach in Gujarat. | Thirty-five brāhmaṇad onees were residing at the donated village Śirīṣapadraka or modern Sisodra of Ankleśvara, in Navsari district, Gujarat. Other Athavavedins brāhmaṇas were residing at Bherajjikā was probably the modern Borjai, Broach district in Gujarat. |
| Kaira Plates of Dadda-II (Praśāntaraga)–B (c. 633-634 CE) | Dadda-II, Praśāntarāg a, Early Gurjara | This record is identical to the other charter from Kaira except for alterations in the list of the brāhmaṇa recipients. Those specializing in Atharvaṇa-veda have been deleted from this list. Further, of the other thirty-five brāhmaṇas figuring in the earlier charter, only twenty-nine are found mentioned in the list in this charter, and five more new names are seen added here. It is stated the listed brāhmaṇas were migrated from Jambūsarā , which is in modern Broach, in Gujarat. | ||
| Sankhed Plates of Dadda-II–A & B (c. 642 CE) | Dadda-II, Early Gūjara. | Brāhmaṇa Sūryya, a student of Vājasaneya Mādhyandina branch of Yajurveda. | Daśapura or modern Mandasor in Malwa, in Madhya Pradesh. | Kṣirasara, in Bharuch or Broach district in modern Gujarat. |
| Umeta Plates Of Dadda-II (c. 648-49 CE) | Dadda (III) Early Gurjara | Bhaṭṭa-Mādhava A scholar adherent of the Bahvṛca branch of Ṛgveda. | Kānyakubja or modern Kanauj in Uttar Pradesh. | The village Niguda has been identified with Nagod, at a short distance from Kamrej, in modern Gujarat. |
| Bagumra Plates of Dadda (c. 663 CE) | Dadda (III), Early Gurjara | Bhaṭṭa-Govinda , Chāndogya śākhā of Sāmaveda. | Kānyakubja or modern Kanauj in Uttar Pradesh. | Tatha Umbarā, which is not identified yet. |
| Ilao Plates of Dadda (II) Prasantaraga (c. 665 CE) | Dadda (II) Praśāntarāg a, Early Gurjara | Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, A scholar–adherent of Bahvṛca branch of Ṛgveda. | The place Ahichchhatra situated in modern Uttar Pradesh. | Not known, Maybe Raidham, However, not identified. |
| Plates of Gurjara Dadda-III (c. 676-677 CE) | Dadda-III, Early Gurjara | The donee was an unnamed brāhmaṇa. | Sāvatthi, perhaps the same as Śrāvasti in Uttar Pradesh. The actual location has not been identified. | The village has not been located, but Korilla has been identified with Koral about ten miles northeast of Broach in Modern Gujarat. |
| Parlakimedi Plates of Anantavarman (c. 700 CE) | Anantavarm an, Early Gurjara | Brāhmaṇa Viṣṇusomācārya | Śrngaṭikagrahārah as not identified, perhaps somewhere in Assam. | Kroṣṭukavarttani, Ganjam district of Odisha |
| Navasari plates of Jaya Bhaṭa III (c. 705-706 CE) | Jaya Bhaṭa III, Early Gurjara | Brāhmaṇa Devasvāmin | Girināgara or modern Girnar in Junāgadh district, Gujarat. | Śrāddhikāgrahāra which, is unidentified, however in Gujarat. |
| The Prince of Wales Museum Plates (c. 735-736 CE) | Jaya Bhaṭa IV, Early Gurjara | Brāhmaṇa Bhaṭṭa Achchada , | Āhāra and pathaka of Lohikakṣa,which is yet to be identified. | Unknown, but as per the description maybe somewhere in Broach, a modern City in Gujarat. |
| The Early Cālukyas | ||||
| Lohaner Plates of Pulakeśin II (c. 630 CE) | Pulakeśin II, Early Cālukya | Brāhmaṇa Dāmadikṣita | Girināgara or modern Girnar in Junāgadh district, Gujarat. | Lohānagara in modern Lohaner, presently in Maharashtra. |
| Mudgapadra Grant of Yuvaraja Śryāśraya Śilāditya (c. 668-669 CE) | Vikramādit ya (I); Śryāśraya Śilāditya Cālukyas of Bādāmi | Brāhmaṇa Revāditya and Varasyaka Varasyaka of Āśvalāyaṇasagotra (Ṛgveda). | Girināgara or modern Girnar in Junāgadh district, Gujarat. | Not identified |
| Navasari Plates of Sryasraya Siladittya (c. 671 CE) | Śryāśraya Śīlādityayuvarāja , Cāḷukyas of Gujarat | Brāhmaṇa belongs from an Adhvaryu family. | The locations have not been identified. | Āsaṭṭi -has been identified with the present Astgām, seven miles east-south from Navsārī district of modern Gujarat but we are not sure whether he lived there or not. |
| Navasari Plates of Avanijanāśraya Pulakeśirāja (c. 739-740 CE) | Avanijanāśr aya Pulakeśirāja , Early Cālukya | Brāhmaṇa Kāñcala | Vanavāsi, in North Kanara, now in modern Karnataka. | Karmaṇeyaviṣaya, in Surat district, Gujarat. |
| Mumdaka grant of Bhīmadeva I (c. 1030 CE) | Bhimadeva I, Cālukyas of Gujarat | Vāsudeva, an udīcya brāhmaṇa. | Not known | The locations have not been identified but some place in North India. |
| The Sendrakas | ||||
| Bagunra Plates of Allasakti (c. 656 CE) | Allaśakti , Sendraka | Bappa-svāmin, A student of Vājasaneyamādhyandina branch of Yajurveda. | Aniruddhapurī, which is not identified yet. | Balisa has been identified with the modern Wanesa in Surat District of Gujarat. |
| The Cāhamānas | ||||
| Hansot Plates (c. 756 C.E.) | Bhartṛvaḍḍh a II Cāhamāna | Bhaṭṭa, Kakka. | Valabhī or modern Vāla near Bhāvnagar in Kathiawar , Gujarat. | Broach, now in Bharuch of Modern Gujarat. |
| The Rāṣṭrakūṭas | ||||
| Ellora Plates of Rāṣtrakūṭa Dantidurga (c. 741 CE) | Dantidurga , Rāṣṭrakūṭa | - | Navasārikā, which has been identified with Nausari in Surat district of modern Gujarat. | Pippalāla, which is the same as modern Pippalala, near Aurangabad in modern Maharashtra. |
| Hilol Plates of Year 470 (c. 788 CE) | Kakka , Rāṣṭrakūṭa | Bhaṭṭa Mātṛgaṇa, A well versed in the Vedas and its six aṇgas of Mādhyandinaśākhā of ŚuklaYajurveda. | Sānanda,which is locatednear Ahmedabad in Gujarat. | Siharakhibjya or modern Serakhi near Baroda, Gujarat. Other locations not identified, maybe all are situated in Gujarat region. |
| The Prince of Wales Museum Plates (c. 810 CE) | Govindarāja , Rāṣṭrakūṭa | Brāhmaṇa Bhobika | Gauḍa -d eśa i.e. in modern West Bengal or Bangladesh. | Charmmanihauha or Charmara, located in Baroda in Gujarat. |
| Baroda grant of Karkka Suvarṇavarṣa (c. 812 CE) | Karkka Suvarṇavarṣ a, Rāṣṭrakūṭa | Brāhmaṇa Bhānubhaṭṭa | Valabhī or modern Vāla near Bhāvnagar in Kathiawar , Gujarat. | Place is unknown but somewhere in Gujarat. |
| Jambgaon grant (c. 914-915 CE) | Indra-III, Rāṣṭrakūṭa | Brāhmaṇa Siddhapabhaṭṭa. | Pāṭaliputra, modern Patna. Bihar. | - |
| Chinchani grant of Indra III (c. 926-927 CE) | Indra-III, Rāṣṭrakūṭa | Pañca-Gaudiya-northern brāhmaṇa Samyāna. | Somewhere in North Bengal. | Maybe they have migrated to Thane near modern Mumbai. |
| Cambay Plates of Govinda IV; Sakasamvat 852 (c. 930 CE) | Govinda IV, Rāṣṭrakūṭa | A student of VājasaneyaKāṇva-śākhā. | Kāvikā is well known Kāvi in Kaira of modern Gujarat. | Kheṭaka or modern Kheda in Kaira district in Gujarat. |
| Sāngli grant of Govinda IV (c. 933 CE) | Govinda IV, Rāṣṭrakūṭa | Keśava Dikṣiṭa | Pumdravardhana or modern North Bengal | Lohāgrāma, certain village in Maharashtra. |
| Deoli Plates of Krṣna III (c. 940 CE) | Krṣna III, Rāṣṭrakūṭa | Brāhmaṇa Rishiappa or Rishiyapayya | Not mentioned, Maybe somewhere in south India. | Nagpur region in Maharashtra. |
| Kolagallu Inscription of Khoṭṭiga (c. 967 CE) | Khoṭṭiga, Rāṣṭrakūṭa | Brāhmaṇa Gadādhara | Tadagrāma, situated at Dinajpur in North Bengal. | Kolagallu , a village situated in modern Bellary District in Karnataka. |
| The Paramāras | ||||
| Dharmapuri grant of Paramāra Vākpati II (c. 974 CE) | Vākpati II (Vākpati Muñja), Paramāra . | Brahmaṇa Vasantācārya | Ahichchhatra, presently situated in Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh. | It is not identified. Maybe, somewhere in Madhya Pradesh. |
| Three Copper- Plate Inscription from Gaonri-B (c. 981 CE) | Vākpatirāja , Paramāra | 26 brāhmaṇas belonging to the different branches of the Vedas. | Different parts of country. | Vāṇikā, Mandasour District of modern Madhya Pradesh. |
| Second set of Gaonri Plates of Vākpati II (c. 986 CE) | Vākpati II , Paramāra | - | Kanopa in Magadha of modern Bihar. | Kadahichchhaka have been identified with Kadacha or Karcha, three miles to the north of Narwal and three miles to the north-west of Gaonri near Ujjain in modern Madhya Pradesh. |
| The Betma grant of Paramāra Bhojadeva (c. 1019 CE) | Bhojadeva , Paramāra | Brāhmaṇa Panḍita Delha. | Viśālagrāma, which is not identified. | Sthāṇviśvara,in Haryana. |
| Depalpur grant of Bhojarāja (c. 1022 CE) | Paramāra Bhoja , Paramāra | Brāhmaṇa Vacchala | Manyakheta has been identified Malkhed in the Gulbarga district of the former Hyderabad state, now in Karnataka. | Kirikaikā in the western pathaka of Ujjayini in modern Madhya Pradesh. |
| The Candellas | ||||
| Nānyaurā Copper-Plate Inscription of Dhaṅgadeva (c. 998 CE) | Dhaṅgadeva, Candella | Three pravaras viz., Bhāradvāja, Āṅgirasa and Bārhaspatya, of the Vājasaneyaśākhā. | Tarkārikā, in Gayā of modern Bihar. | Dürvvāharā-grāma, location not identified but seems like situated in northern Odisha. |
| Santiragama grant of Dandimahādevi (c. 10th Century) | Dandimahā devi, Bhauma- Karas | Bhaṭṭa Mākyadeva | Takāri, located in the region in Modern Uttar Pradesh. | Not exactly mentioned However, maybe in Dakṣiṇa Tosala Ganjam-Puri-Cuttack area of Modern Odisha. |
| Grant of Vakulamahādevī (c. 10th Century) | Vakulamahādevī , Bhauma- Kara | Brāhmaṇa Mihadhichāya | Śāvastha-deśa-is probably known as Śrāvasti, now inmodern Uttar Pradesh. | Village Kanteda, Uttara Tosalawithin Utkala country in the Balasore region, now in modern Odisha. |