The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c19.s2.t3.1

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The existence of this family is also known from a single inscription, the *Pathari stone pillar-inscription of Parabala*. This is incised on the northern face of a tall monolith with a bell-shaped capital, in Pathari (long. 78° 15′, lat. 23° 56′), the chief town of the State of the same name in the Bhopal Agency, C.I. It contains 36 lines. The characters resemble those of the Gwalior *praśasti* of Bhoja (V.S. 933). It opens with *Oṁ namaḥ* and four verses invoking the god Viṣṇu under the names of Murāri, Kṛṣṇa, and Hari, and then gives the genealogy of a line of kings as follows :