The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.243

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(3) *Gaya Narasiṁha stone inscription.*—This was discovered “inside the small temple of Narasiṁha in the Viṣṇupāda compound” at Gaya. The inscription consists of 15 lines. It opens with *Oṁ Lakṣmīścirañjayati*. It records the “building of the temple of Gadādhara and several other minor temples of Viṣṇu” by Viśvarūpa at ‘Gayāpurī’ in the 15th year of Nayapāla-deva. The *praśasti* was composed by *Vaidya* Vajrapāṇi, and written by Sarvānanda.³