The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.186

v1.c16.186

(6) *Nālandā stone inscription.*—This inscription was discovered during excavations at the site of the great temple of Bālāditya at Nālandā. The inscription consists of 11 lines, and apparently records the gift of the elaborately carved gateway at the foot of which the inscription is reported to have been discovered. We are told that this gift was made by *Pravara-mahāyāna-yāyinaḥ-Paramopāsaka* Bālāditya, a resident of Tailāḍhaka (mod. village of Telāra or Telāḍha, about 21 miles to the west of Bargaon, *i.e.*, ancient Nālandā), and an immigrant from Kauśāmbī, in the year 11 of Mahīpāla, when (the great temple) was restored after it had been burnt down. On palaeographic ground the inscription was referred to Mahīpāla I by Kielhorn.²