The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.219

v2.c28.219

(1) *Kalinjar pillar-inscription.*—It is incised on a pillar in the temple of Nīlakaṇṭha, inside the fort of Kalinjar. The record opens with ' adoration to *Śrī*-Nīlakaṇṭha,' and then gives the date, (V.) *Saṁ* 1186 (A. D. 1129), with the name of *Mahārāja-Śrī*-Madanavarmadeva. Next come the names of *Mahāpratīhāra* Saṁgrāmasiṁha and *Mahānācani* Padmāvatī. The inscription ends with *lāṁṣuḥ* Auji (which according to Cunningham means written by Auji). The inscription is fragmentary, but it evidently recorded some benefactions by the two persons mentioned above. Cunningham took them to be 'two of the permanent attendants attached to the Nīlakaṇṭha shrine, one being the chief doorkeeper and the other the chief of the dancing girls.' But it is probable that Saṁgrāmasiṁha was an official of the state, while Padmāvatī may have occupied the post of the chief court *danseuse*.¹