The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.224

v1.c18.224

(1) *Kamauli grant.*—Found as No. 1 of the previous reign; 31 lines, incised on a single plate. The introductory portion traces the Gāhaḍavālas’ pedigree from Yaśovigraha to Vijayacandra.¹ This last king then records that with his consent the *Mahārājaputra Yuvarāja* Jayaccandra, in (V) *Saṁvat* 1221 (A.D. 1168), on being initiated as a worshipper of the god Kṛṣṇa, after bathing in the Ganges at Vārāṇasī near the (temple of) god Ādi-Keśava, granted the village of Haripura in the Jiāvai-*Pattalā*² to the preceptor of Vaiṣṇava worship, the *Mahāpurohita* Praharāja Śarman,³ son of *Mahāpurohita* Dīkṣita Jāgu.⁴ The grant was written by the *Ṭhakkura* Kusumapāla.⁵