The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.72

v1.c16.72

(2) *Khalimpur grant.*—Purchased from a cultivator of the village of Khalimpur, near Gaur in the Malda district. Single plate (written on both sides, 33+29 lines) surmounted by a highly wrought ornament soldered on the top of it. The main part of the ornament is a seal formed by five concentric rings. On the upper part of the seal is a wheel on a pedestal with a deer facing on either side. Immediately below we have the legend *Śrīmān-Dharmapāladevaḥ*. Then comes the genealogy of the donor. The inscription was issued from *Pāṭaliputra-samāvāsita-Śrīmaj-jayaskandhāvāra* by *Paramasaugato-Mahārājādhirāja-Śrīmad-Dharmapāladevaḥ*. The grant which is dated in his 32nd year, records the gift of the three villages of Krauñcaśvabhra, Māḍhāśālmali and Pālitaka in the *Viṣaya* of Mahantāprakāśa, attached to the *Maṇḍala* of Vyāghrataṭī in the *Puṇḍravardhana-Bhukti* and the village of Gopippalī in the *Āmraṣaṇḍikā-Maṇḍala* attached to the *Viṣaya* of Sthālīkkaṭa to the temple of Nanna-Nārāyaṇa-bhaṭṭāraka, established by *Mahāsāmantādhipati* Nārāyaṇavarman. The grant was made at the request of this officer, and the *Dūtaka* of the grant was the *Yuvarāja* Tribhuvanapāla. The description of the camp at Pāṭaliputra, beginning with *Sa khalu Bhāgīrathī-patha pravartamāna* and ending with *pādāta-bhara-namad-avaneḥ* first occurring in this inscription after verse 13, became the stereotyped description of the *Jaya-skandhāvāras* of the Pālas in all subsequent grants.¹