The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.235

v1.c18.235

(4) *Tārācaṇḍī rock inscription.*—This inscription was incised “upon a rock, denominated, from an idol delineated on it, Tārācaṇḍī, in the vicinity of Sahasram,” in the Shahabad district in South Bihar. It records a declaration, issued in (V) *Saṁvat* 1225 (A.D. 1169), by the *Mahānāyaka Jāpilādhipati* Pratāpadhabala. This announces as forged a grant of the villages of Kalahaṇḍī and Baḍapilā, by the *Kānyakubjādhipati* Vijayacandra, which is said to have been executed in the favour of certain Brahmans living in villages adjoining Kalahaṇḍī. These Brahman *lampaṭas*, we are told, secured this document by bribing (*utkocya*) Deū, an officer (*dāsa*) of the sovereign of Gādhi-nagara.³