[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.c28.189 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.189 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.189 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.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 - [Previous: v2.c28.188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.188) - [Next: v2.c28.190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.190) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.189) · Pramāṇa