The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s1.23

v2.c29.s1.23

Then in the prose portion of the grant we are informed that from his residence at Dhuliaghaṭṭa, after bathing, the *Pb.-M.-P.-Maryādāsāgaradeva-pādānudhyāta-Pb.-M.-P.-Parama-māheśvara*, *Soḍhadeva*, on the occasion of the *Uttarāyaṇa-saṁkrānti* in (*V.*) *Saṁvat* 1134 (A. D. 1077), granted to 14 Brāhmans (names, *gotras*, Vedic *śākhās* and places of residence or origin given) various pieces of land situated in a group of 6 villages (*pāṭakas*) included in the Guṇakala-*viṣaya* of (the district of) Tīkarikā. Towards the end, in line 57, we are told that the *tāmrapaṭṭa* was written by the *Ādeśa-naibandhika* (recorder of orders) Janaka in the (*V.*) *Saṁvat* 1135 (A. D. 1079), *i.e.*, about 14 months after the donation. In line 59 the grant ends with the sign-manual of *Mahārājādhirāja*-Soḍhadeva.¹