The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.471

v1.c16.471

(2) *Tarpandighi grant.*—This was found in the village of Tarpandighi (Dinajpur district, Bengal). It is incised on a single plate of copper, and contains 56 lines (27 on the front-side and 29 on the back). The royal seal contains the figure of the five-faced and ten-handed god Sadāśiva, and is attached to a projection on the top of the plate by means of a copper bolt. The script belongs to the Bengali variety of the N. E. alphabet of the 12th century. The inscription opens with *Oṁ namo Nārāyaṇāya*, and in the next two verses praises the moon. This is followed by the genealogy of the Senas from Hemantasena to Lakṣmaṇasena. The grant was issued from the *Jaya-skandhāvāra* at Vikramapura, and records the gift of the Velahiṣṭi-*grāma* in Varedya (Varendra) in the Puṇḍravardhana-*Bhukti* to the Brahman Īśvaradeva Śarman as *dakṣiṇā* on the occasion of the gift known as *Hemāśva-ratha* by *M.-Ballālasena-pādānudhyāta-P.-Parama-vaiṣṇava-Pb.-M.* Lakṣmaṇasena. The *Dūtaka* was the *Sāndhivigrahika* Nārāyaṇadatta. The land granted yielded an income of 150 *Purāṇas*. It is dated simply in the year 3 Bhādradine 2.¹