[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.c28.162.4 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.162.4 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.162.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.162.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.162.4) Thus verse 26 of a Candella inscription at Mahoba records that Kīrtivarman conquered Lakṣmī-Karṇa: "Just as Puruṣottama (\*Viṣṇu\*), having produced the nectar by churning with the mountain \*Mandara\*) the rolling (milk) ocean, whose high waves had swallowed many mountains, obtained (the goddess) Lakṣmī together with the elephants (of the eight regions),—he (\*viz.\*, Kīrtivarman), having acquired fame by crushing with his strong arm the haughty Lakṣmī-Karṇa, whose armies had destroyed many princes, obtained splendour in this world together with elephants."¹ These victories are also referred to in V. 3 of the stone inscription of the Candella Vīravarman. The verse runs as follows: "In that (race) there was a ruler over the earth whose fame was sung by the Vidyādharas, (who was) the pitcher-born (Agastya) in swallowing that ocean—Karṇa, (and) the lord of creatures in creating anew the kingdom (\*Prajeśvaro nūtana-rājya-sṛṣṭau\*...),—the illustrious Kīrtivarman."² - [Previous: v2.c28.162.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.162.3) - [Next: v2.c28.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.163) - [Up: v2.c28.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.162) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.162.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.162.4) · Pramāṇa