The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.241

v2.c28.241

(11) *Mau stone-inscription.*—This was discovered ‘at the foot of a rocky hill in the vicinity of the town of Mau, in the Jhansi district’ in the U. P. It consists of 29 lines; but a considerable portion of it is greatly damaged. There is no date in the preserved portion. The inscription is throughout in verse. Its proper object is 'to record the erection of a temple of Viṣṇu, the building of a tank near the village of Deddu and the execution of some other work of piety, by one of the king's ministers whose name appears to have been Gadādhara (verses 46-48) ; by way of introduction the inscription (in verses 3-16) gives a list of the Candella kings from Dhaṅga to Madanavarman and (in verses 17-45) an account of the family of the ministers of these kings to which Gadhādhara belonged.'¹