Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c9.s3.8

c9.s3.8

The inscribed slab is set up on the side wall of the hall, above a niche. It is not built into the wall, but rather against it, being gripped and held in position between the beam above and the top of the cornice of the niche; and since the top of this niche is five inches lower than that of the niche on the other side, in order to allow of the insertion of the slab, it is likely the slab was put up when the temple was built. It records the gift of three shops in the city (probably Añjanerī) for the upkeep of the temple of Chandraprabha by the king Seuṇachandra III in *Śaka* 1063 (A. D. 1142). It further records that a rich merchant, named Vatsarāja, with two others, gave a shop and a house for the same purpose.