The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.181

v1.c18.181

(38) ‘*Hathiya-dah*’ *pillar inscription.*—Incised on a grey sand-stone pillar standing in the middle of a dry tank called Hathiya-dah (Elephants' tank), nearly midway between Azimgarh and Benares. It contains 10 lines. The inscription records the excavation of the tank by several ‘*Thākuras*,’ of whom the chief was ‘Bellana Thākur,’ the *Bhāṇḍāgārika* of Gosalla-devī, the *Mahārājñī* of king Govindacandra,¹ in (V) *Saṁvat* 1207 (A.D. 1151).²