[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.c18.87 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.87 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c18.87 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c18.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.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 - [Previous: v1.c18.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.86) - [Next: v1.c18.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.88) - [Up: v1.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c18.87) · Pramāṇa