The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.118

v2.c28.118

(4) *Khajraho stone inscription of Kokkala.*—The slab which bears this inscription is said to have been found at the temple of Vaidyanātha at Khajraho. The record contains 22 lines. It is a *praśasti* of a Grahapati family which originally came from Padmāvatī (mod. Narwar, Gwalior State). The inscription opens with ‘*Oṁ namaḥ Śivāya*,’ and then invokes Śiva in several verses under the names Vaidyanātha, Śaṅkara, and Śarva. Then the genealogy of Kokkala is traced from Yaśobala or Atiyaśobala, of Padmāvatī. In lines 19-21 is recorded the erection of a temple of Vaidyanātha and a number of buildings for pious Brāhmans by Kokkala at Khajraho. The date (V.) *Saṁvat* 1008 (A. D. 1000-01) is given in the last line.²