The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c20.77

v1.c20.77

Three years after the date of the Osia inscription we find a *Mahārājādhirāja-Parameśvara* Mathanadeva, son of *Mahārājādhirāja Sāvaṭa* of the Gurjara-Pratīhāra family (*anvaya*), acknowledging allegiance to *Pb.-M.-P.* Kṣitipāladeva-*pādānudhyātaḥ Pb.-M.-P.* Vijayapāladeva. This is revealed by the *Rajor stone-inscription*, discovered among the ruins of the city of Parnagar, which lie south of the village of Rajor or Rajorgadh in the Rajgadh district of Alwar State, about 28 miles S.W. of the town of Alwar. The inscription contains 23 lines of writing, and is dated in the reign of Vijayapāla in (V) S. 1016 (A.D. 960). On this date Mathanadeva, who resided in Rājyapura (mod. Rajor), granted Vaṁśapotaka-*Bhōga-sambaddha-Vyāghrapāṭaka-grāma* (probably mod. village of Baghor near Rajor), to the god Lacchukeśvara Mahādeva (so named after his mother Lacchukā). An interesting fact in connection with this grant is the separate mention of fields cultivated by the Gūrjaras (*Gūrjjara-vāhita-samasta-kṣetra*).¹