[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.c28.312 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.312 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.312 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.312](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.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 - [Previous: v2.c28.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.311) - [Next: v2.c28.313](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.313) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.312](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.312) · Pramāṇa