The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.167

v2.c29.s2.167

(2) *Goharwa grant.*—It was found in a field in the old fort at Goharwa, a village in the Manjhanpur *Tahsīl* of the Allahabad district (U.P.). The inscription consists of 49 lines written on two copper plates which were originally held together by a ring. The seal, which was found detached from the plates, bears in relief in its upper part, the seated figure of the goddess *Gaja-Lakṣmī*. At the bottom is a bull couchant. Across the centre is engraved—*Śrīmat Karṇadevaḥ*. The inscription opens with *Oṁ Brahmaṇe namaḥ* and a verse in praise of Śiva. Then in 30 verses the genealogy of the dynasty is traced from the moon and the 'thousand-armed Haihaya emperor.' The historical part of the genealogy begins with Lakṣmaṇarāja, and ends with Karṇa. In the prose part we are told that *Pb.-M.-P.* Vāmadeva-*pādānudhyāta*-*Pb.-M.-P.*-*Parama-māheśvara-Trikaliṅgādhipati*-*nija-bhujopārjit-Aśvapati-Gajapati-Narapati-rāja-trayādhipati* Karṇadeva, while (residing) at the *Jaya-skandhāvāra* situated in Karṇatīrtha, after having bathed in the Gaṅgā and the holy Arghatīrtha and worshipped the divine lord Śiva, granted the village of Candapahā in the Kośamba-*pattalā* to the *paṇḍita* Śānti Śarman. It is dated in the 7th year of the administration of Karṇa (*Śrīmat-Karṇa-prakāśe Vyavaharaṇe*),¹ 'on the full-moon *tithi* coupled with a Thursday, of the month of Kārttika.' (This date perfectly agrees with Thursday, 5th November, A.D. 1047.) It was written by the *Karaṇika* Sarvānanda, and engraved by Vidyānanda. It ends with *maṅgalaṁ-mahāśrī*.²