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INIG1098 Bārā (Shivpuri). Fragment of a large slab inscription. 8 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Records the construction
of a temple of Viṣṇu (Garuḍāsana), a list of merchants involved in the work, and the name of the sūtradhāra Sthirārkka and poet Nārāyana. Now in Archaeological Museum, Gwalior.

INIG1086  …śudi 11 Chanderi (Guna). On the pedestal of a broken image near the rest house in the fort. Number of lines not given, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Appears to record the making of the image; mentions a certain sha(kha)trī Ratanadeva. A Garuḍa figure is carved in the middle of the inscription.

INIG1082 [bhadrapada ?] badi 5 Tongrā (Shivpuri).On an image of Nṛsiṃha. 17 lines, old nāgarī, Sanskrit. Describes the construction of a Viṣṇu temple; damaged. Now in the Archaeological Museum, Gwalior.

INIG1078 Radev (Sheopur). On an image of Śāntinātha. 1 line, old nāgarī, Sanskrit. Not legible.

INIG1072 Sandor (Guna). On a memorial pillar. Number of lines not given, nāgarī, Sanskrit.

INIG1055 Thūban (Guna). On a slab in a wall of a house. 14 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Records that when Harirāja of Pratīhāra family was ruling the earth, a temple of Janārdanavāsudeva was constructed by Keśava, son of Moṭṭaṇa and Māhaṭa, grandson of Jayasvāmin and great-grandson of Śūrasvāmin of Garga family.

INIG1038 Vaiśākha śudi 5 Gwalior (?) (Gwalior). Fragmentary stone inscription.  25 lines, nāgāri, Sanskrit. Gives the genealogy of a Nanda clan as follows: Madhava,  Gugga, Jūbhila, Kakkuka and Vacchilla. Records that Gugga was a minister of the Kacchapas (i.e. Kacchapaghatas) and that Kakkuka and probably also Vacchilla were responsible for a number of works, notably wells, tanks, a pond and a temple of Visvamurtti surrounded by twelve other shrines.
Now in the Archaeological Museum, Gwalior.

INIG1034 Sihoniyā (Morena). On a Jaina sculpture. 2 lines, old nāgarī, Sanskrit. Second line obliterated; mentions
mahārājādhirāja Vajradāman (Kacchapaghāta).

INIG1013 Sihoniyā (Morena). On the pedestal of a Jaina figure (near Ambikādevī temple). 1 line, old nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions Mahendracandra.

INIG999 āśvina badi 30, Rakhetra (Guna). Rock inscription. 5 lines, old nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions irrigation works on the river Urvaśī (modern Urra) provided by Vināyakapāladeva; also mentions the gopagirīndra but this person is not named; written by Bhailadaman son of śrī Kṛṣṇarāja The inscription also carries the date 1000 bhādrapada śudi 3.