The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.177

v1.c16.177

(1) *The Baghaura Nārāyaṇa image-inscription.*—This image-inscription was discovered in a village near the subdivisional town of Brahmanbaria in the Tippera district. It was dug out of a pond in the village of Baghaura of that subdivision. The inscription is incised under the lotus-seat of a standing image of Nārāyaṇa. The characters belong to the N. E. variety generally known as *Kuṭila*, which gave birth to modern Bengali script. The inscription is dated in year 3 in the reign of Mahīpāladeva, and records that the image was the meritorious work of *Paramavaiṣṇava Vaṇika* Lokadatta, belonging to (the village of) Bilakīndaka (probably the mod. village of BilakenduaI near Baghaura) in Samataṭa. As Mahīpāla II had a short and troublesome reign, the inscription has been referred to Mahīpāla I.²