[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v2.c28.118 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.118 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.118 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.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 - [Previous: v2.c28.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.117) - [Next: v2.c28.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.119) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.118) · Pramāṇa