The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c20.49

v1.c20.49

(2) *Asni stone pillar-inscription.*—It is recorded on one of the faces of a square sandstone pillar that was found at Asni, a village about 10 miles north of Fatehpur, the chief town of the district of the same name in U.P. The inscription consists of 14 lines of incorrect Sanskrit prose written in northern Devanāgarī of the 10th century. The record opens with the sign ९ and then mentions *Pb.-M.-P* Mahīṣa(ndra?)pāladeva-*pādānudhyāta Pb.-M.-P.* Mahīpāladeva. In his reign, in the (V) year 974, this inscription was set up in a certain *caitya* of the god Yogasvāmin. It made some arrangements for the worship of the god by Brahmans and ascetics of the locality. The record was written by Suvarṇabhadra.¹