The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.87

v1.c18.87

(3) *Benares grant (i).*—Found by a contractor at Benares near the Bhadaini temple at a depth of about 5 feet from the surface. It contains 21 lines incised on a single plate. The inscription records that in (V) *Saṁvatsara* 1171 (A. D. 1115), after bathing at Vārāṇasī in the Ganges, *Pb.-M.-P.*-Govindacandra granted a dwelling-place (*āvāsa*) to the *Mahattaka* Dāyīṁ Śarman at Vārāṇasī. The *tāmraka* was written by the *Karaṇika* Jalhaṇa.³