[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.c18.102 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.102 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.102 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c18.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.102) (10) \*Set Mahet stone-inscription.\*—Discovered at the village of Mahet in Gonda district, U. P., under the ruins of a Buddhist building. It contains 18 lines, recording that a certain Vidyādhara, son of Janaka and grandson of Bilvaśiva of the Vāstavya family, established a convent for Buddhist ascetics at the town of Jāvṛśa (or Ajāvṛṣa), where the inscription was set up: Janaka, we are told, was the \*Saciva\* of Gopāla, the lord of Gādhipura. Gopāla's son was king Madana, the contemporary and master of Vidyādhara. The date of the inscription is (V.S.) 1176 (\*rasādhikaṁ abhivyāpi girīśa-caraṇāśritam\*).² King Madana was probably a feudatory of Govindacandra.³ - [Previous: v1.c18.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.101) - [Next: v1.c18.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.103) - [Up: v1.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.102) · Pramāṇa