The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.241

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(2) *Gaya Kṛṣṇadvārikā temple stone inscription.*—The inscription is on the entrance of a modern temple built about 100 years back at Gaya, and now known as the Kṛṣṇadvārikā temple. It consists of 18 long lines of Kuṭila characters. It begins with *Oṁ namo bhagavate Vāsudevāya*, and then praises Viṣṇu. Then come verses praising ‘Gayā,’ which is described as *mokṣadvāra*. There the Brāhmaṇas while studying the Vedas made so much noise in the course of their studies that it was difficult to follow other talk. There the smoke from the sacrifices of the Brāhmaṇas was constantly rising. In this city was born in a Brāhmaṇa’s family one Viśvāditya, whose bravery destroyed all his enemies. He constructed this temple of Janārdana in the 15th year of Nayapāla, the ruler of the whole earth. The inscription was composed by the *Vāji-vaidya* Sahadeva, and incised by *Śilpī* Saṭṭasoma.²