The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.230

v1.c18.230

(2) *Jaunpur stone pillar-inscription.*—This was found ‘cut on the face of one of the bracket-capitals of a square pillar in the south cloister of the Lāl Darwāza Masjid’ at Jaunpur. It consists of two lines, which are ‘both incomplete on the right hand, owing to the cutting away of 3½ inches of the face to make the old Hindu bracket fit into its new position in the Muhammadan masjid.’ It gives the date (V) *Saṁvat* 1225 (A.D. 1169) in the reign of the fortunate Vijayacandra.⁶