Indian Epigraphy c17.5
Indian Epigraphy c17.5
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c17.5
A rock inscription of 1169 A. D.³ near Sasaram in Bihar records the interesting fact that the Brāhmaṇas of Svarṇahala secured a forged grant in respect of two villages by bribing an officer of the Gāhaḍavāla king Vijayacandra (c. 1155-70 A. D.) of Kanauj and that the local king Pratāpadhavala exhorted the future rulers of his family to be careful about the spurious document. The said copper-plate grant, issued in the name of Gāhaḍavāla Vijayacandra, was recently found in the possession of a Brāhmaṇa family of Sunahar (ancient Svarṇahala) near Sasaram.⁴