The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c15.92

v1.c15.92

(1) *Gauhati Plates.*—Discovered in a field in course of cultivation in the village of Bar Panara, Mauza Pati, Darrang district. The grant consists of three plates, held together by a massive pear-shaped seal, bearing on it the figure of an elephant. Below this figure is the legend : *Svasti Prāgjyotiṣādhipati Mahā-rājādhirāja-Śrī-Indrapāla-varma devaḥ*. The execution is very slovenly and inaccurate. According to Hoernle, palaeographically, it has close similarity to the Badal pillar inscription of the time of Nārāyaṇapāla.¹ Though it is not dated, the same scholar refers it 'with some probability' to the middle of the 11th century A.D. It begins with an invocation to Śambhu and the Lauhitya, then repeats the usual genealogy from Naraka, born of Mahāvarāha and Dharaṇī, to Vajradatta. Then after an undefined interval flourished Brahmapāla in the latter's family. His son was Ratnapāla; his son Purandarapāla married Durlabhā; his son was *P.-Pb.-M.-Śrīmad-Indrapāla-var-ma-deva*. The inscription records a grant by the king of some land bearing 4,000 (measures of) rice to the Yajurvedī Brahman Devapāla, and refers to his capital, full of elephants, horses, and jewels, and impregnable to the attacks of any royal dynasty, named *Śrī-Durjayā-nagarī*. Dated in the 8th year of his reign.²