The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.151

v1.c16.151

(2) *Nālandā Vāgīśvarī stone image-inscription.*—Discovered in the ruins of Nālandā. The inscription is incised on the pedestal of the image and records the erection of a statue of *Vāgīśvarī-bhaṭṭārikā* at Nālandā in the 1st year of the reign of *Pb.-M.-P.* Gopāladeva. As the script of the record is later than that of the inscription of Dharmapāla, it is now generally regarded as belonging to Gopāla II. It has been suggested that the word *Suvarṇavrīhisaktā* occurring after the name of the goddess indicates the custom of encasing the statues in gold plates.¹