[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.c18.35 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.35 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.35 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c18.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.35) (1) \*Candravati grant (i)\*.—It ‘was found on the inner slope of the left bank of the Ganges, near the water’s edge, under the fort at Candrāvatī,¹ in the Benares district.' The inscription contains 23 lines, inscribed on one side of a single plate. The ring which passes through a hole in the upper part of the plate carries a circular seal with the figure in relief of a Garuḍa with the body of a man and the head of a bird and facing to the proper right. Across the centre of the seal is the legend: \*Śrīvadac-(Śrīmac)-Candradevaḥ\*, and at the bottom there is a conch-shell. The grant opens with \*Oṁ svasti\*, and then in the first verse invokes the goddess \*Śrī\*. Next follows the genealogy of the donor from Yaśovigraha. The inscription in its formal part, records the grant of the Vadagavā-\*grāma\*² in the Vāvana-\*Pattalā\* to the Brahman Varuṇeśvaya (ra?) Śarman by \*Pb.-M.-P.-Parama-māheśvara-nija-bhujopārjita-Śrī-Kanyakubjādhipatya-Śrī\*-Candradeva. The donor before making the gift bathed in the neighbourhood of Śauri-Nārāyaṇa after worshipping the Sun and Vāsudeva. The occasion of the grant was a lunar eclipse in (V) S. 1148 (A.D. 1090).³ The inscription was written by \*Ṭhakkura\* Mahaṇaṁda.⁴ - [Previous: v1.c18.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.34) - [Next: v1.c18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.36) - [Up: v1.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.35) · Pramāṇa