The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s5.266

v1.c17.s5.266

(1) *Bhuvanesvar stone-inscription.*—Incised on a slab of stone which is now in the western wall of the courtyard of the temple of Ananta-Vāsudeva at Bhuvanesvar in Puri district. It contains 36 lines of writing. The whole of the text except the introductory *Oṁ oṁ namaḥ Śivāya*, is in Sanskrit verse. The characters are northern Nāgarī. The first two verses praise the moon and the sage Gautama (Akṣapāda). It then gives the genealogy and connections of one Svapneśvara as follows:—