Inscription incised on a stele lying near Kevalpur village, West no. 1, in the district of Dhading. The date is missing.

CI Kevalpur Inscription
Regmi, D. R. Inscriptions of Ancient Nepal. Vol. 2. New Delhi: Abhinav Publ, 1983: 60.

Om, hail! From Mānagṛha, the one devoted to extending kindness to all living beings, endowed with mind without vanity, and of pleasant character, the banner of the Licchavi race, such is bhaṭṭāraka mahārāja Śrī Dhruvadeva and with him in front, his associate, with pure mind employed to do good to his people, making his enemy bow to him by his courageous influence, possessing unparalleled merits, who knew his self, darling…like the moon, such as Jiṣṇugupta, favoured by the grace of Lord Paśupati’s feet and ever meditating upon the feet of his father, ever enjoying health, issues orders to the households living in the Nuppunna draga, a town with flourishing commerce, as led by their elders, first enquiring of their welfare issues this injunction: Let you know this. bhaṭṭāraka mahārāja Śrī Vasurāja, Śrī Mahīdeva, Śrī Mānadeva, Śrī Gaṇadeva, and our grandfather Bhūmagupta, all these preceding kings, impelled to do good to others, had executed orders and done special favour, which is inscribed on a slab of stone…12 of the articles had been given to you…by whatever reasons it but had gone to the possession of the royal family, now having been pleased by your helpful actions rendered, we have provided you 200 in the draga of Nuppunna for the daily kāraworship (kāraapūjā) of Nārāyaṇasvāmi to be conducted by you, and again after exempting 1,000 as per the arrangement made by previous kings, and from the payment of all contributions such as daṅkhuṭṭa, we ban the entry of Liṅgvala and Śolla departments; all those favours as they existed during past reigns, we have given consent to their continuation.

(The rest as in the last part of the preceding grants. The last 2 lines are totally damaged.)

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