INIG1348a Surwāyā Inscription of VS 1348a

Author: Alexander Cunningham

INIG1348a caitra sudi 8 gurudine puṣyanakṣatre Surwāyā (Shivpuri). Recovered from a tank. 33 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions the construction of a tank (vāpikā) by ṭhakkur Vāmana in the time of Gaṇapati, son of Gopāla. Praises the city of Mathurā from whence the kāyasthas originated. Composed by Somamiśra, son of Somadhara, written by Mahārāja, son of Somarāja, and incised by Devasiṁha, son of Mādhava.

Uploaded on November 6, 2017
November 6, 2019
INIG1038 Gwalior Inscription of VS 1038

Author: Michael WILLIS

INIG1038 Vaiśākha śudi 5 Gwalior (?) (Gwalior). Fragmentary stone inscription.  25 lines, nāgāri, Sanskrit. Gives the genealogy of a Nanda clan as follows: Madhava,  Gugga, Jūbhila, Kakkuka and Vacchilla. Records that Gugga was a minister of the Kacchapas (i.e. Kacchapaghatas) and that Kakkuka and probably also Vacchilla were responsible for a number of works, notably wells, tanks, a pond and a temple of Visvamurtti surrounded by twelve other shrines.
Now in the Archaeological Museum, Gwalior.

Uploaded on November 6, 2017
September 27, 2019