[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v1.c16.101 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.101 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.101 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.101) (3) \*Ghosrawa stone inscription.\*—The stone was discovered 7 miles south of the town of Bihar in the village of Ghosrawa in 1848. It has 19 lines of Sanskrit verse, and records the establishment of a \*Vajrāsana\* by a Buddhist monk, Vīradeva. The inscription opens with verses in praise of \*Vajrāsana\* (Buddha), and then gives an account of Vīradeva. In Nagarahāra (near mod. Jalalabad), the ornament of the countries of \*Uttarāpatha\*, there was born \*Rājasakha-dvijavara\* Indragupta, who married Rajjekā. Their son Vīradeva after reading the Vedas and having finished other studies (\*Śāstras\*) went to \*Kaniṣka-mahā-vihāra\* (near modern Peshawar), and became a disciple of \*ācārya\* Sarvajñaśānti. After some time Vīradeva came to Mahābodhi in order to worship Vajrāsana. From that place he went to Yaśovarmapura² to see \*sahadeśī-bhikṣus\*. There he remained for a long time and received worship from the \*bhuvanādhipa\*-Devapāla, and later on was appointed as the director of the Nālandā (modern Baragaon) monastery. He there built a \*bhavana\* as high as Kailāsa peak for \*Vajrāsana\*.³ - [Previous: v1.c16.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.100) - [Next: v1.c16.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.102) - [Up: v1.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.101) · Pramāṇa