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INIG962 vaiśākha śudi 14 guruvāra Terāhī  (Shivpuri). On a memorial pillar. 6 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions Allabhaṭṭa (?) and Allajiyapa, who died fighting the Karṇāṭas (i.e. Rāṣṭrakūṭas). Allajiyapa’s wife Nānnā (daughter of Rāūsiddha) committed satī. Now in the Archaeological Museum, Gwalior.

INIG960b bhādrapada badi 14 śanivāra, Terāhī (Shivpuri). On a memorial pillar. 5 lines, Old nāgarī, Sanskrit. Damaged, reading uncertain but mentions Gunarāja and Undabhaṭṭa. Now in the Archaeological Museum, Gwalior.

1Svasti śrīmanu-mahā-maṇḍalēsvara-Biṭṭi-Dēva
2Biṭṭi-Dēvana andina rājya Beppa-Dēvana kāḷegadalu
3kudere-gāḷega Kadira .. jaya-rāhutta
4sura-lōka-prāpti…samvacha

INIG960a bhādrapada badi 4 sanau, Terāhī (Shivpuri). On a memorial pillar. 5 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions a battle between Gunarāja and Undabhaṭṭa in which a partisan of Gunarāja named Gaṇḍiyāṇa was killed. Now in the Archaeological Museum, Gwalior.

INIG957 Bāmaur (Shivpuri).5 On the lower part of a memorial pillar in front of a temple. Old nāgarī, Sanskrit.

1Svasti śrī Dhātu-saṃvatsarada Mārggaśira-śuddha 2 Ādivārad andu śrīmad-
2abhinava-Kollāpurav appa Gaddumbaḷḷiya ācāryya Cikka . . vuḍa Rāya-bhaṭ-
3ayyaṅgaḷa maga Biṭṭavarddhana-Dēvana maga Siṅgayya Mañcayya Cavu-
4ḍayya jñati-sāvanta-dāyādyaru tammoḷ anumatav āgi hiriya-keṟegaḷa aḍakeya
5tōṭav ad eṇṭu-nūṟu-marana utukṛiṣṭa-krayadalu Perumāḷi-Dēvanu maṭhakke
6haṇa-hāgadōpādiyalu kraya-śēṣav uḷiyade koṭṭu koṇḍa kraya-pramāṇa-śāsana
7ā-tōnṭadoḷage ācāryya-Appayyana bhāgeya nānūṟu-marana ā-krayadale Peru-
8māḷi-Dēva koṇḍu makkaḷu makkalu tappade tottina makkaḷige bhūmi-candran

9uḷḷanaka saluvudu ūra hittala keyi ondu ant appudake sākhi śrīman-mahā
10vaḍḍa-vyavahāri-Goleha-Nāyakara taṅgi Siriyā-Dēviyakka Māyi-Dēva Bhūtayya
11aśēṣa-mahājanaṅgaḷu samasta-gauḍugaḷu maṅgaḷam ahā śrī śrī (usual final verse)
12ī-śāsana-mariyādeya sākṣi-sahita ācāryya-Appayyanu maga Raṅgayyanu
13aḷiya Kēsava-Dēvanu tamma Iti-keṟeyaṃ koṭṭu hiriya-keṟeya keḷagaṇa kaḍeya
14gadde nāku-salageyaṃ prati-kṣētrava koṇḍaru ā-nāku-salageyaṃ Perumāḷi-
15Dēvanu . . . du salva-kraya utukriṣṭa-krayava avarige koṭṭu koṇḍa kraya-śāsana

1Svasti śrī Dhātu-saṃvatsarada Mārggaśira-śuddha 2 Ādivārad andu śrīmad-
2abhinava-Kollāpurav appa Gaddumbaḷḷiya ācāryya Cikka . . vuḍa Rāya-bhaṭ-
3ayyaṅgaḷa maga Biṭṭavarddhana-Dēvana maga Siṅgayya Mañcayya Cavu-
4ḍayya jñati-sāvanta-dāyādyaru tammoḷ anumatav āgi hiriya-keṟegaḷa aḍakeya
5tōṭav ad eṇṭu-nūṟu-marana utukṛiṣṭa-krayadalu Perumāḷi-Dēvanu maṭhakke
6haṇa-hāgadōpādiyalu kraya-śēṣav uḷiyade koṭṭu koṇḍa kraya-pramāṇa-śāsana
7ā-tōnṭadoḷage ācāryya-Appayyana bhāgeya nānūṟu-marana ā-krayadale Peru-
8māḷi-Dēva koṇḍu makkaḷu makkalu tappade tottina makkaḷige bhūmi-candran

9uḷḷanaka saluvudu ūra hittala keyi ondu ant appudake sākhi śrīman-mahā
10vaḍḍa-vyavahāri-Goleha-Nāyakara taṅgi Siriyā-Dēviyakka Māyi-Dēva Bhūtayya
11aśēṣa-mahājanaṅgaḷu samasta-gauḍugaḷu maṅgaḷam ahā śrī śrī (usual final verse)
12ī-śāsana-mariyādeya sākṣi-sahita ācāryya-Appayyanu maga Raṅgayyanu
13aḷiya Kēsava-Dēvanu tamma Iti-keṟeyaṃ koṭṭu hiriya-keṟeya keḷagaṇa kaḍeya
14gadde nāku-salageyaṃ prati-kṣētrava koṇḍaru ā-nāku-salageyaṃ Perumāḷi-
15Dēvanu . . . du salva-kraya utukriṣṭa-krayava avarige koṭṭu koṇḍa kraya-śāsana

INIG933 Gwalior fort (Gwalior). On the interior of the Caturbhuj temple. 26 lines, siddhamātṛkā, Sanskrit. Mentions donations to the Vāillabhaṭṭasvāmin (i.e. Caturbhuj) and Navadurgā temple.

INIG932 Gwalior fort (Gwalior).4 On the lintel of the Caturbhuj temple. 7 lines, siddhamātṛkā, Sanskrit.Records the excavation of the Vāillabhaṭṭasvāmin (i.e. Caturbhuj) temple from the rock by Alla, an officer of the Gurjara Pratīharā ruler Mihira Bhoja (c. AD 836-85).

INIG920 Jyaiṣṭha badi, Indor (Guna). On a memorial pillar. 2 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Not clear. Probable reading: saṁvacchara saṁvat 920 māsa jeṭha vadī 3.