The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.288

v2.c28.288

(8) *Mahoba stone-inscription.*—This was found in 1843 ‘in the fort wall placed upside down as a common building stone. It is broken at top and at both ends.' The original inscription consisted of 16 lines; but it is so much damaged that it is not till we reach the 11th that the first complete verse is found. The record refers to Suhila, born in the *Vāstavya* family, and probably mentions the building of a temple (*prāsāda*). The sculptor was Devarāja, son of Somarāja. The inscription is dated in (*V.*) *S.* 1240 (A. D. 1184), but in the preserved portion there is no mention of the king's name. It is reported that the epigraph contains the name 'of Nānika the founder of the Candel dynasty.'¹