[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c17.5 # Indian Epigraphy c17.5 Indian Epigraphy c17.5 - **Language:** English ### [c17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.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 - [Previous: c17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c17.4) - [Next: c17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c17.6) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c17.5) · Pramāṇa