The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.65

v2.c28.65

The Khajraho inscription referred to above informs us that Yaśovarman erected a ‘charming splendid home of (Viṣṇu), the enemy of the Daityas, which rivals the peaks of the mountain of snow.’ We are told that the image of Vaikuṇṭha which he set up in this temple was first obtained by ‘the lord of Bhoṭa (*Bhoṭanātha*) from the Kailāsa, and from him Sāhi, the king of Kīra received it as a token of friendship; from him afterwards Herambapāla obtained it for a force of elephants and horses, and (Yaśovarman himself) received it from the *Hayapati* Devapāla, the son of (Herambapāla)¹ The temple mentioned above has been identified by Cunningham with the Vaiṣṇava temple at Khajraho variously known as that of Rāmacandra, Lakṣmaṇa or Caturbhuja.² The credit for building this temple, together with that for excavating a big tank (*taḍāgārṇavam*), is given to Yaśovarman by verses 38 and 39 of another Khajraho inscription of Dhaṅga dated in V.S. 1059.³