The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.322

v1.c18.322

The Hariścandra of this record is certainly the same prince whose *Jāta-karman* and *Nāma-karaṇa* ceremonies were performed by his father in the year A.D. 1175.⁴ At the time of the above grant he was therefore about 22 years old, and at the time of the battle of Chandwar barely 18. It appears from this inscription that at least for four years this young prince succeeded in preserving his independence. This conclusion is further supported by the *Belkhara stone pillar-inscription*, dated in (V) *Saṁvat* 1253, which was discovered in the village of Belkhara, situated about 12 miles S. E. of Chunar, in Mirzapur district, U. P. The inscription is incised on a stone pillar above which there is a small figure of a Gaṇeśa, with a few letters, and just above the inscription under notice there is a rude bird,⁵ and a still ruder horse. There are two inscriptions on the pillar. The upper one, of 5 lines, is illegible. The lower one, in 9 lines, records the erection of a pillar by *Rāuta* Ānanda in the reign of *Rāṇaka* Vijayakarṇa, the ruler of Belaṣarā.⁶ It is dated as follows: *Parama-bhaṭṭāraketyādi rājāvalī*...