Person: Michael WILLIS

INIG1277 jeṣṭha badi 15 ravidine Kurethā (Sheopur). Copper-plate inscription. 25 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions donations and the Pratīhāra king Malayavarman. The royal lineage is given as Naṭula, Pratāpasiṁha and Vigraha and his queen Ālhaṇadevī; she was the daughter of the Cāhamāṇa Kelhaṇa and mother of Malayavaman. The king granted Kudavaṭhe (modern Kurethā) to Vatsa and Haripāla, brahmaṇas of the Vāsala gotra. The plate is now in the Archaeological Museum, Gwalior.

INIG1272 māgha śudi 5 Sonāgir (Datia). On the pedestal of a white marble image in a temple (number 57). Number of lines not given, nāgarī, local dialect. Indifferently engraved and appears to be significantly later than the date stated. Apparently refers to the consecration of the image. Mentions bhaṭṭāraka Dharmacandra of Mūlasaṁgha and Sarasvatīga[*c]cha.

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.