The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.182

v1.c16.182

(4) *Bangad grant.*—Discovered among the ruins called *Bān Rājārgaḍ* or Bangad in the Dinajpur district, Bengal. Single-plate surmounted by a highly wrought ornament containing the usual seal of the Pālas, and the inscription *Śrī-Mahīpāladevasya*. Inscribed on both sides, 34 lines on the front and 28 lines on the back. The first 24 lines give the genealogy of the Pālas from Gopāla to Mahīpāla I. Verse 12 runs as follows: "from him (Vigrahapāla II) was born Mahīpāladeva, who, slaying all enemies and having obtained his paternal kingdom, which had been snatched away through pride of prowess by people who had no claim to it, placed his lotus-like feet on the heads of kings." The inscription was issued from the "victorious camp" situated at Vilā(?)sapura on the Bhāgīrathī. It records that in the 9th year of *Ps.-M.*-Vigrahapāladeva-*pādānudhyāta P.-Pb.-M.* Mahīpāladeva, in the name of Lord Buddha, after bathing in the Ganges according to custom (*vidhi*), gave to the excellent Brahman Bhaṭṭaputra Kṛṣṇāditya Śarman the village of Kuraṭapallikā in the Gokulika-*Maṇḍala* in the Koṭivarṣa-*Viṣaya* in the Puṇḍravardhana-*Bhukti*. The *Dūtaka* of the grant was the *Mantrī* Bhaṭṭa Vāmana, and it was incised by the *Śilpī* Mahīdhara. The first 5 ślokas of the inscription are also found in the Bhāgalpur grant of Nārāyaṇapāla. The 6th is slightly different.²