The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.312

v2.c28.312

(1) *Garra grant (a)*.—This was ‘found in a tank near the village of Garra, to the south-east of Chattarpur, capital of the Indian state of the same name in Bundelkhund.² It consists of 16 lines, incised on one side of a single plate. There is a small ring-hole at the top of the plate and below this is engraved ‘a seated figure of the goddess *Lakṣmī* with four arms, the upper two holding lotuses.’ The inscription begins with *Oṁ svasti*, and then follows the genealogy of the donor from the lineage of the *Candrātreya* sovereigns, ‘resplendent with the birth of Jayaśakti and Vijayaśakti.’ In that family was *Pb.-M.-P.*-Madanavarmadeva-*pādānudhyāta*-*Pb.-M.-P.*-Paramardideva-*pādānudhyāta*-*Pb.-M.- P.-Paramamāheśvara Kālañjarādhipati*-Trailokyavarmadeva. In lines 7-11 the grant records the gift by way of maintenance for death (*mṛtyuka-vṛttau*...) of *Kādohā-grāma* (mod. Kadoa in N. Lat. 24°48′ and E. Long. 79°52′ just south of Garra, in Chhatarpur State), in the *Viṣaya* of Paniuli (possibly mod. Panna, in N. Lat. 24°43′ and E. Long. 80°16′, capital of the Indian State of the same name) in (*V.*) *Saṁvat* 1261 (A. D. 1205) to *Rāūta Sāmanta* (or *Sāvanta*) of the Bhāradvāja *gotra*, son of *Rāūta* Pāpe, who was killed at Kakaḍādaha,¹ in a battle with the Turuṣkas (Turks). The grant was made by the king when he was encamped at the village of Vaḍavāḍa (mod. Bedwara in N. Lat. 24°30′ and E. Long. 78°41′ in Lalitpur subdivision of Jhansi district).²