The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.189

v2.c28.189

'This inscription is on a rock near the river-gate of the fort of the town of Deogarh, situated at the western end of the tableland of the Lalitpur range of hills, immediately overhanging the river Betwa.' It contains 8 lines; opening with *Oṁ oṁ namaḥ Śivāya*, it traces the genealogy of the illustrious prince Kīrtivarman, son of king Vijayapāla and grandson of the renowned prince Vidyādhara, of the *Caṁdella-vaṁśa*. V. 5 introduces us to this king's 'chief counsellor among his ministers' (*Amātya-mantr-īndra*), Vatsarāja, who had gone forth (*vinirgata*) from Ramaṇīpura. This officer, we are told, 'quickly wrested from the enemy this whole district (*maṇḍala*) by his counsel and valour,' and made 'this fort Kīrtigiri.' The immediate object of this inscription was to record the building of a flight of steps named after him *Vatsarāja-ghaṭṭa*. The date, (V.) *Saṁvat* 1154 (A.D.1098), comes at the end.²