[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.c16.94 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.94 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c16.94 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.94) (1) \*Monghyr grant.\*—Discovered in Monghyr in 1780. Single plate of thick copper written on both sides (28+29 lines). On the top of it is soldered a seal; in the central panel of this is the well-known Sarnath device, the \*dharma-cakra\*, with two antelopes at the sides. Underneath is the royal name \*Śrī-Devapāladevasya\*. The inscription opens with a verse in praise of Buddha, and then gives the genealogy of the donor from Gopāla. It was issued from \*Śrī-Mudgagiri-samāvāsita-Śrīmaj-jayaskandhāvāra\* by \*Ps.-P.-Pb.-M.-Śrī-Dharmapāladeva-pādānudhyāta Ps.-P.-Pb.-M.\*⁴ \*Śrīmad-Devapāla\*, and records the gift of Meṣikā-\*grāma\*, in Krimilā-\*Viṣaya\* and Śrī-Nagara (mod. Patna district)-\*Bhukti\*, to the Bhaṭṭa-pravara Vihekarāta Miśra in the year 33 of the king's reign. The \*Dūtaka\* of the inscription was the son of the donor, \*Yuvarāja\* Rājyapāla.¹ - [Previous: v1.c16.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.93) - [Next: v1.c16.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.95) - [Up: v1.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c16.94) · Pramāṇa