Place: Udaypur

Udaypur  उदयपुर (Madhya Pradesh). Courtesy Wikimapia.

Udayeśvara temple, east side, mukhamaṇḍapa. Courtesy Zenodo.

Inscription in the southern forehall (mukhamaṇḍapa) of the Udayeśvara temple at Udaypur, district Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh. It is engraved on the side of a sculptured balustrade (vedikā) visible to the right of the entrance passage. The record is badly weathered on the sides but contains six lines written in devanāgarī script. It refers to a jātrā, i.e. yātrā festival and pilgrimage by one Harirāja (?) on Thursday, second day of the dark lunar fortnight of Māgha in the expired Vikrama year 1394, which gives the date 8 January 1338 CE. 

Udaypur (Madhya Pradesh). Stepwell inscription in Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit.

On a stone slab affixed into the right side wall of a stepwell known as Qanungo Baoli, located on the eastern outskirts of Udaypur, Vidisha District, Madhya Pradesh. A tri-lingual inscription of 13 lines carved in relief with the first three lines written in Arabic and Persian in nastaʿlīq script, and the next ten lines written in Sanskrit in nāgarī script. It records the construction of the stepwell by Gokuladāsa and Dāmodaradāsa, sons of Qānungo Haridāsa of Māthura kāyastha family, during the reign of Mughal emperor Shāhjahān (r. 1628-58). The date is given in three different eras—vikrama saṃvat 1701, śaka 1566 and hijri 1054—equivalent to Friday, 13 January, 1645 CE.

Udaypur, Madhya Pradesh

Arabic and Persian inscription (INAP00005) in a mosque (OBAP00005) near Chatua Darwaza recording the construction of the building by Khān-i ʿĀlam Jangi Khān in the time of Islām Shāh; working reading of the text 02/2020.

Udaypur, उदयपुर (Madhya Pradesh).

Mosque (OBAP00005) near Chatua Darwaza with an Arabic and Persian inscription (INAP00005) dated 1549 in the time of Islām Shāh of the Sūr dynasty.

Donative record at the Udayeśvara temple in Udaypur (also known as Udaipur, Madhya Pradesh), engraved in 5 lines on a stone lintel in the eastern porch of the entrance hall (mukhamaṇḍapa). Working transcription from the Sanskrit prepared by Saarthak Singh (latest version 02/2019).

Donative record at the Udayeśvara temple in Udaypur (also known as Udaipur, Madhya Pradesh), engraved in 5 lines on a dwarf pillar in the eastern porch of the entrance hall (mukhamaṇḍapa). Working transcription from the Sanskrit prepared by Saarthak Singh (latest version 02/2019).

Foundation record of the Udayeśvara temple at Udaypur (also known as Udaipur, Madhya Pradesh), written in 15 lines in three parts, on a lintel and the supporting post in the eastern porch (mukhamaṇḍapa) of the temple. Working transcription of the Sanskrit prepared by Saarthak Singh (latest version 02/2019).