[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.c18.181 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.181 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.181 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c18.181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.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 - [Previous: v1.c18.180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.180) - [Next: v1.c18.182](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.182) - [Up: v1.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.181) · Pramāṇa