[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v1.c16.369 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.369 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.369 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.369](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.369) (2) \*Manahalī grant.\*—This plate was discovered during the excavation of a tank in the village of Manahali in Dinajpur district. It contains 35 lines on the obverse and 23 lines on the reverse. It bears the usual \*Dharmacakra\* seal of the Pālas with legend \*Śrī-Madanapāladevasya\*. The inscription begins with \*Om namo Buddhāya\* and traces the genealogy of the family from Gopāla to Madanapāla, who was born from Rāmapāla, by his queen Madanadevī. The grant was issued from the \*Jayaskandhāvāra\* situated in Rāmāvatī-nagara, and in the 8th year of \*Ps.-M.\* Rāmapāladeva-\*pādānudhyātaḥ P.-Pb.-M.\* Madanapāladeva. Its object was to record the gift of some land in Halāvarta-\*Maṇḍala\*, in Koṭivarṣa-\*Viṣaya\*, in Puṇḍravardhana-\*Bhukti\*, by the king to the Paṇḍit \*Bhaṭṭaputra\* Vaṭeśvara Śarmā as a fee for reading the \*Mahābhārata\* (\*Veda-Vyāsa-prokta prapāṭhita Mahābhārata\*),⁴ to the \*Paṭṭa-mahādevī\* Citramatikā. The usual \*Buddha-bhaṭṭārakam uddiśya\*, etc., also occurs in it. The \*Dūtaka\* was \*Sandhivigrahika\* Bhīmadeva, the engraver \*Śilpī\* Tathāgatasara.⁵ - [Previous: v1.c16.368](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.368) - [Next: v1.c16.370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.370) - [Up: v1.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.369](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.369) · Pramāṇa