Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c8.s2.7

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Built into the wall of the antechamber, on the south side, is a large inscribed slab, bearing a record in ancient Devanāgarī. It belongs to a chieftain of Khandesa named Govana, and ancestor of the rulers of 1,600 villages, Sōidēva and Hēmādidēva, mentioned in the inscription at the temple of Āi Bhavānī. It records the consecration of a temple of Śiva, which had been begun by Indrarāja, the father of Govana, and had been finished after his death, as well as a grant of a village, called Devasamgana, made by Govana on that occasion. Govana's minister was Chāngadeva.¹