The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c20.62

v1.c20.62

Mahendrapāla II, appears to have been succeeded by his brother or half brother Devapāla on or before 948-49 A.D. The existence of this prince was revealed by the *Siyadoni stone-inscription* discovered about 10 miles N. N. W. of Lalitpur near Jhansi, at Siron Khurd, in the precincts of the Jain temple of Sāntinātha. The inscription contains 46 lines of incorrect Sanskrit influenced by the local vernacular. It is divided into two parts. The first part (lines 1-39) is written in prose, and records a large number of donations made at different times from the (V) year 960 down to the (V) year 1025 by some feudatories and private individuals in favour of the god Viṣṇu and various other Brahmanical gods at Siyadoni (mod. Siron). In line 1, which is much damaged, we have with the date (V) S. 960 the names of the *Pb.-M.-P.* Mahendrapāladeva (meditating on the feet of *Pb.-M.-P.* Bhojadeva). In line 4, with the date (V) S. 964, the same two princes are mentioned in the same order. In line 28, with the date (V) S. 1005, occurs the name of *Pb.-M.-P.* Devapāladeva, meditating on the feet of *Pb.-M.-P.* Kṣitipāladeva. As line 40 speaks of a ruler of Mahodaya who granted some land to certain Brahmanas of Siyadoni, Kielhorn rightly assumed that these rulers were Gurjara-Pratīhāra kings of Kanauj.¹