INIG1150 Gowalior Fort Inscription of VS 1150

Author: M. B. Garde

INIG1150 Gwalior fort (Gwalior). Two slabs in the porch of the Sās Bahū temple. 22 lines (right side) + 21 lines (left side), old nāgarī, Sanskrit. Describes the construction of and donations to Padmanātha (i.e. Viṣṇu) by the  Kacchapaghāta ruler Mahīpāladeva. The main kings of the Kacchapaghāta dynasty are given in the inscription as: Lakṣmaṇa and his son Vajradāman (who defeated the king of Kannauj and conquered Gopādri); Maṅgalarāja; Kīrtirāja and his son Mūladeva (known as Bhuvanapāla and Trailokyamalla) who married Devavṛttā; his son Padmapāla; his heir Sūryapāla and his son Mahīpāla Bhuvanaikamalla who was a brother of Padmapāla. Composed by Maṇikaṇṭa, son of Govinda and the grandson of Rāma; written by Digambara Yaśodeva and inscribed by Padma Siṁhavāja and Māhula, sons of Devasvāmin.

Uploaded on November 6, 2017
October 18, 2019
INIG1145 Dubkund Inscription of VS 1145

Author: Alexander Cunningham

INIG1145 bhādrapada śudi 3 Dubkund (Sheopur). On a slab from the ruins of a Jaina temple. 61 lines, old nāgarī, Sanskrit. Genealogy of Kacchapaghāta mahārāja Vikramasiṁha. Arjunasiṁha, son of Yuvarāja, killed Rājyapāla (of Kannauj) at the insistence of Vidyādhara, the Candella ruler at Khajurāho. The son of Arjuna was Abhimanyu (in the time of Bhoja) and the son of Abhimanyu was Vijayapāla and that of Vijayapāla was Vikramasiṁha. Composed by Vijayakīrti son of Śāntiṣeṇa written by Udayarāja and incised by Tīlhaṇa. Now in the Archaeological Museum, Gwalior.

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October 18, 2019
OB00138 Kannauj Maukhari Seal Matrix Fragment

Author: Anon.

Community: Gupta epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
January 24, 2019
IN00151 Kannauj Maukhari Seal Matrix Inscription

Author: Dániel Balogh

Community: Gupta epigraphy
Uploaded on November 6, 2017
January 18, 2019