[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.c18.283 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.283 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.283 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c18.283](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.283) (13) \*Bengal Asiatic Society's grant (vi).\*—Found with No. 8; 32 lines, incised on a single plate. It records that the donor of No. 1, when in residence as in No. 11, in (V) \*Saṁvat\* 1236, granted the village of Abhelāvaṭu in the Jāruttha-\*Pattalā\* together with the \*pāṭakas\* of Maṇiārī, Gayasaḍa, Vatāvana, Asiāma, and Sirīma, to the donee of No. 8. It was written by the same as in No. 1.⁵ (14) \*Bodhgaya stone-inscription.\*—Found in Bodhgaya, in the district of Gaya, Bihar; 17 lines. It opens with \*Oṁ namo Buddhāya\*, and then praises the Ādi-Buddha,¹ the Bodhisattva Lokeśvara, Ekajaṭā,² Śrīghana (Buddha) and the monk Śrīmitra. This last person is described as the \*dīkṣā-guru\* of the \*Kāśīśa\* Jayaccandra. The object of the inscription is to record the construction of a large cave (\*guhā\*) at Jayapura, “with Siṁhanada³ in front and bearing therein the images of Ugratārā,⁴ with her hands raised upwards, Dattatārā, adored in the morning and (another Tārā) draped in orange clothes,” in the \*vatsara\* of king Vikramāṅka measured by the……Vedas (4), eyes (2), and the moon (1), 124…?⁵ The \*praśasti\* was composed by Manoratha, written by the \*Kāyastha\* Purandara, and engraved by the \*Śilpī\* Dhārādhara.⁶ - [Previous: v1.c18.282](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.282) - [Next: v1.c18.284](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.284) - [Up: v1.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18) ## Cites (1) - [Indian Antiquary](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ia) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.283](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.283) · Pramāṇa