The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.473

v1.c16.473

(3) *Anulia grant.*—This was discovered in the village of Anulia near Ranaghat in the district of Nadia. It is very similar to the Tarpandighi grant, and the first seven verses of the two records are identical. The character is a Bengali variety of the N. E. alphabet of the 12th century A.D. The inscription opens with *Oṁ namo Nārāyaṇāya* and an invocation of Sambhu and the Moon, after which the well-known genealogy of the Sena kings from Hemantasena to Lakṣmaṇasena follows. It was issued from the *Jaya-skandhāvāra* at Vikramapura, and records the gift of some land measured by *Vṛṣabha-śaṅkara-nala* in Vyāghrataṭī of the Puṇḍravardhana-*Bhukti* to Paṇḍita Raghudeva Śarman by M. Ballālasenadeva-*pādānudhyāta-P.-Parama-vaiṣṇava-Pb.-M.* Lakṣmaṇasenadeva. The *Dūtaka* is, as in the previous grant, *Sāndhivigrahika Nārāyaṇadatta*. It is dated in the year 3.² (4) *Madhainagar grant.*—This is said to have been discovered among some ruins in the village of Madhainagar, police station Raiganj, in the sub-division of Sirajganj, Pabna. It is incised on a single plate of copper, and consists of about 58 lines (front side 29+29 on the back). The "badly corroded state of the plate at its lower extremities on both sides renders complete decipherment of those portions impossible.......The characters belong to the Northern class of alphabets and may be specified as 12th century Bengali." The inscription opens with the usual *Oṁ namo Nārāyaṇāya* and then in V. 1 invokes the god *Pañcānana*, on whose lap sits Gaurī, and 'who sustained Hari in a half of his most wonderful body.' The next verse praises the Moon, and then from the kings of his line is traced the family of Vīrasena. The genealogy of the Senas is then given from Sāmantasena to Lakṣmaṇasena. The inscription was issued by *Pb.-M.-Ballālasenadeva-pādānudhyāta........Gauḍeśvara-Parama-nārasiṁha-Pb. M.-Lakṣmaṇasenadeva* when he was resident in Dhāryagrāma (?). It records the grant of Dāpaṇiyā-pāṭaka near Kāntipura, in Varendrī in Puṇḍravardhana-*Bhukti* to the Brahman Govinda Śarman.¹