Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c14.s6.1

c14.s6.1

| Location | Lakkhā Maṇḍal Temple, at Maḍhā on the upper Yamuna River in Dehra Dun Dist., UP |
| Script | Siddhamātṛkā |
| Language | Sanskrit (verse) |
| Meters | *Āryā* (vv. 1–22); *anuṣṭubh* (23) |
| Type and format | Donative stone *praśasti* |
| Purpose | Records the dedication of a temple of Bhava (Śiva) by the Princess Īśvarā in memory of her late husband Candragupta of Jālandhara; the bulk of the text (vv. 2–18) is taken up by a eulogistic genealogy of Īśvarā’s family of kings of Siṃghapura |
| Date | None given; seventh or eighth century A.D. |
| References | G. Bühler, “The Praśasti of the Temple of Lakkhâ Maṇḍal at Maḍhâ, in Jaunsâr Bâwar,” EI 1, 1892, 10–15. |