The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s2.54

v1.c17.s2.54

We are told by this inscription that the donor of the grant was the daughter of *Rāja* Malladeva the ornament of the southern regions. This Malladeva appears to have helped the Karas to uphold their power after the death of a prince who was possibly his own son-in-law. We are then told that Tribhuvana-mahādevī, though at first unwilling to take up the reins of the government, was at last prevailed upon by a very pious lady named Purāyidevī. The *Dūtaka* of the grant was the *Mahākṣapaṭalika* Balabhadra, and the writer *Mahākṣapaṭalika* Bhogī Nāgaḍadeva.¹