[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.c18.65 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.65 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.65 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c18.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.65) (4) \*Rahan grant.\*—It was discovered at a place called Rahan in the Etawah district, U. P. It contains 29 lines, incised on one side of a single plate. The seal attached to the ring is lost. The inscription opens with '\*Oṁ Paramātmane namaḥ\*' and an invocation to Lakṣmī and Vaikuṇṭha. In the metrical portion, the genealogy is traced from Mahītala to Govindacandra. The inscription refers itself to the reign of Pb.-M.-P.-\*Parama-māheśvara\* Madanapāla, whose son the \*Mahārājaputra\* Govindacandradeva announces that the \*Rāṇaka\* Lavarāpravāha, after bathing in the Yamunā at the \*ghāṭ\* of the deity Muraïtha at Āsatikā, in the (V) \*Saṁ\*. 1166, on the occasion of a solar eclipse (A. D. 1109?),¹ gave part of the village of Rāmaïtha in the Siguroḍha-\*Pattalā\* to the Brahman Guṇacandra. The grant was written by Tribhuvanapāla, with the consent of the \*Mahattaka\* Gāṅgeya.² - [Previous: v1.c18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.64) - [Next: v1.c18.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.66) - [Up: v1.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.65) · Pramāṇa