The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.151

v1.c18.151

(28) *Benares grant (v)*.—Found as No. 3 ; 28 lines, incised on a single plate. The circular seal contains in high relief the legend : *Mahārājaputra-Śrīmad-Āsphoṭacandradevaḥ*. Above the legend there is a conch-shell. It records that, with the consent of the donor of No. 4, the *Mahārājaputra Yuvarāja* Āsphoṭacandra in (V) *Saṁvat* 1190 (1134 A.D.), after bathing in the Ganges at Vārāṇasī, granted the village of Kaṇāuta in the Nandiṇī-*Pattalā* to the *Paṇḍita* Dāmodara Śarman. It was written by the *Ṭhakkura* Gāgeka.⁴