The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.357

v2.c28.357

The object of the inscription is to record (Vs. 18-20) that this Kalyāṇadevī built a well with perennial water (*nirjara-kūpa*) at 'this spot' which is 'guarded by the arms of strong men (?), a hall for the supply of its water (?) and a tank at Nāndīpura. The *praśasti* was composed by Ratnapāla, son of *Kavi* Haripāla, and engraved by Rāma in the *Vikrama vatsara* 'measured by the seas (7), the moon (1),' the fires (3) and the moon (1), *i.e.* V.S. 1317. In the last line we are told that the inscription was made in (*V.*) S. 1317 (A.D. 1261), during the office of (*vyāpāre*) Jetana in the reign of Vīravarman.¹