rāṇaka

INIG1350a  kārttika badi 7 budhavāra Surwāyā (Shivpuri). 23 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Mentions the excavation of a well (vāpī) and the laying out of a garden (vāṭikā) by rāṇaka Cāciga, dharmaputra of the Yajvapāla king Gopāla and servant of Gaṇapati. Cāciga was of the Lubdhaka family (i.e. Lodhā). Composed by Māthura kāyastha Jayasiṁha, son of Lohaṭa and written by Mahārāja. Now in the collection of the Archaeological Museum, Gwalior.

INIG1337a caitra śudi 7 śukravāra Banglā (Shivpuri). On a satī stone. 5 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Records the mahāsatī of Dhūmādevī on the pyre of her husband rāṇaka Vīsala who died fighting on the banks of the Valuvā (modern Barua) for paramabhaṭṭāraka mahārājādhirāja Gopāla of Nalapuradurga when Vīravarman of Jejahuti (Jejākabhukti) attacked with four other kings.

INIG1318  śravaṇa badi 2 budhe Jhānsī (Jhānsī) .On a stone slab from the walls of the fort. 20 lines, nāgarī, corrupt Sanskrit and local dialect. Mentions king Vīrabrahma (i.e. Vīravarman of the Candella dynasty) and records that rāṇaka Abhayadeva of Yādava family granted the village of Sakela to Sulhaṇabhaṅḍāri, son of rāuta Sāḍheka. Also records the establishment of a liṅga, a tank and garden. Now the State Museum Lucknow.