Singhpur stepwell inscription of VS 1535/1479 CE

Author: M. B. Garde

Singhpur (Ashoknagar). Stepwell inscription dated VS 1535 (© Saarthak Singh)

Singhpur (Ashoknagar). Inscription in the Rājmatī stepwell recording the construction of the stepwell by Rājamatī, the daughter of Bhairavadāsa who was the son of Uvāra, the son of Chajjala of Sirohanagara. Gives the details of the gifts and donations made to Rājamatī by several rulers, namely Sher Khān of Chanderi, Ghiyās al-Dīn of Māḍai (i.e. Ghiyāth al-Dīn of Māndū, reg. 1469-1500), Husayn Shāh (reg. 1458-79) of Jauṇapura (i.e. Jaunpur), Barbak Shāh (reg. 1459–74) of Pandua, Sultān (name not given) of Ḍhili (i.e. Delhi), Tughluq Shāh of Thatta [presumably a reference to Jam Tughluq (d. 1442) of the Samma dynasty],  Qutb al-Din of Gujarāt [presumably Qutb al-Dīn being applied anachronistically to Maḥmūd Begada, reg. 1458-1511], the Bahmani Sultān (name not given) of Vidara (i.e. Bidar). Also mentions Rājamatī’s son named Rāmacandra who was a mahākavi and a favourite (?) of Ghiyās al-Dīn and Nāsir al-Dīn. The pradhāna was Devidāsa and the masons were Vu(Bu)rahāmatasuṣu(khu), Mūla and others. The writer was Guṇasudara.

 

Community: Malwa epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
May 12, 2021
Singhpur inscription dated AH 836/1433 CE

Author: M. B. Garde

Singhpur inscription of AH 836 (= 30 May 1433) records in Persian that during the reign of the king of this world, conqueror of Orissa and Jājnagar, Shāh Hūshang, Malik Haybat Nizām Jāshghūrī excavated this “flowing bounty” (i.e. the tank) in the name of Shaykh Burhān, son of Yaqūb. 

Community: Arabic and Persian epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
May 12, 2021
Ujjain stone inscription (part a)

Author: M. B. Garde

Ujjain (District Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh). Satellite view (Wikimapia).

Ujjain (District Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh). Fragment of an inscription (Archaeological Museum, Gwalior).

Community: Paramāra epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
January 22, 2021
Indor (District Guna, Madhya Pradesh). Hero-stone (OBIG1177a) with an inscription of VS 1177.

Author: M. B. Garde

Indor (District Guna, Madhya Pradesh). Hero-stone dated VS 1177.

Community: Malwa epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
May 25, 2020
Udaypur उदयपुर (Madhya Pradesh). Arabic and Persian inscription (INAP00005) in a mosque (OBAP00005) near Chatua Darwaza

Author: M. B. Garde

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.

Community: Arabic and Persian epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
February 16, 2020
Udaypur उदयपुर (Madhya Pradesh). Mosque near Chatua Darwaza with an Arabic and Persian inscription (INAP00005)

Author: M. B. Garde

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.

Community: Arabic and Persian epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
February 16, 2020
INIG1348c Kolāras Inscription of VS 1348c

Author: M. B. Garde

INIG1348c āṣāḍha badi 11, Kolāras (Shivpuri). On a satī stone. 3 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions a satī, apparently of the queen of Govindarāja.

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November 6, 2019
INIG1348b Narwar Inscription of VS 1348b

Author: M. B. Garde

INIG1348b vaiśākha śudi 15 śanau Narwar (Shivpuri). On a Jaina image in a temple at the western foot of the fort. Number of lines not given, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions the dedication of the image.

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November 6, 2019
INIG134[?] Barokhar Inscription of VS 134[?]

Author: M. B. Garde

INIG134[?] caitra śudi 8 guruvāra Barokhar (Morena). On a memorial stone. 17 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions śrīmad Gopāla. Not completely legible.

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November 6, 2019
INIG1345a Pachrāi Inscription of VS 1345b

Author: M. B. Garde

INIG1345b vaiśākha badi 2 śanivāra Pachrāi (Shivpuri). On a slab in the quadrangle of a temple complex. 18 lines, nāgarī, corrupt Sanskrit. Refers to the administration of mahāpradhāna rā˚ Haṁsarāja in the time of Gopāladeva of Narwar. Records the death of Vālha, the son of Kaccharāṇeju and probably the performance of satī by Sulathā the daughter of paḍihāra Salabhaṇe and [Hā]ju the daughter of rā˚ Anaisiha. Engraved by sūtradhāra Mitanka.

Uploaded on November 6, 2017
November 4, 2019