The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c20.55

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Mahīpāla-Vināyakapāla was succeeded by his son Mahendrapāla II by his queen Prasādhanā-devī, some time before V.S. 1003. The existence of this prince was revealed by the discovery of the *Partabgarh stone-inscription*. This stone was found affixed to a platform at Partabgarh, the capital of the state of that name in Southern Rajputana. The inscription contains 35 lines of writing and is naturally divided into four parts. It records a series of grants in favour of various shrines attached to the monastery of Hari-Ṛṣīśvara, who originally lived in Daśapura (mod. Mandasor). The inscription opens with 2 verses invoking the sun-god, followed by two verses in praise of the goddess Durgā. Then comes the statement that the inscription was issued from the *Skandhāvāra* situated at Mahodaya. Next is given the genealogy of the Gurjara-Pratīhāras, which is the same as in the Asiatic Society's plate of Mahīpāla as far as Mahendrapāla. *Tasya-putras tatpādānudhyātaḥ Śrī-Mahādevyām-utpannaḥ Paramāditya-bhakto Mahārāja-Śrī-Vināyakapāla-devas* *tasyaputras tatpādānudhyātaḥ Śrī-Devathāddhi(?)-nāma-nija-kula-Prasādhanādevyām-utpannaḥ Parama-māheśvaro-Mahārāja-Śrī-Mahendrapāladevaḥ*. This last named king grants the village of Kharpara-padraka in the holding of Tala-vargika Hariṣaḍa and situated in the vicinity of Ghoṇṭā-varṣikā, in the western *Pathaka* of Daśapura, to the goddess Vaṭa-Yakṣhiṇī Devī, whose temple was connected with the *maṭha* of Hari Ṛṣīśvara. The grant was made in V.S. 1003 at the request of Dhana-Sūra. The record was written by *Purohita* Trivikramanātha under the orders of Jajja-Nāga. It ends with *Svahasto'yam Śrī-Vidagdhasya* (line 13).