Person: Michael WILLIS

INIG1251b bhādrapada badi 15 budhavāra Gwalior fort (Gwalior). In the bed of Gaṅgolā tāl. 6 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Records that king Ajayapāla Kacchapaghāta arranged for the desilting of the tank; written by Vīrapāla son of Keśava.

INIG1251a  vaiśākha śudi 5 somavāra Sināval (Datia). On the pedestal of an image in a temple (number 38). Number of lines not given, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Records the obeisance of the wife of Dhuvile.

INIG1249 mārgaśīrṣa śudi 2 śanivāra Naresar (Morena). On an image. 2 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions the making of the image by Vāmadeva, styled Doḍhakṣetrapāla, in the reign of Ajayapāla.

INIG1248 vaiśākha śudi 12 Sonāgir (Datia). On a seated black marble image kept in a temple (number 76). Number of lines not given, nāgarī, local dialect. Mentions sādhu Śivarāja and his wife.

INIG1245 Naresar (Morena). On an image. 2 lines, nāgarī, corrupt Sanskrit. Mentions rāvala Vāmadeva. This man commissioned many images (now in the Archaeological Museum, Gwalior) and wrote the names of the goddesses on them with the phrase: vāmadeva praṇamati [sic]. The date was not provided in each case; see undated inscriptions listed by site.

INIG1238  Chitārā (Sheopur). On a slab. 7 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions the establishment of a Rudra image by Mahīpāla.

INIG1237 Sakarra (Guna). On a satī stone. 4 lines, nāgarī, Hindi. Damaged; not legible.

INIG1236b Bajrang Garh (Guna). On an image in a Jaina temple. 1 line, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions the dedication of the image.

INIG1236 [māgha?] śudi 12 Sonāgir (Datia). On the pedestal of an image containing several figures of Jaina Nandīśvaras (in temple 34). Number of lines not given, nāgarī. Purport unclear.

INIG1234 Kadwāhā (Guna). On a ceiling slab in the maṭha. Number of lines not given, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Begins with obeisance to Gaṇapati; purport not clear. Refers to Gosurālaya.