The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.206

v2.c29.s2.206

Yaśaḥ-Karṇa was succeeded by his son Gayā-Karṇa. The only record so far known of this king is the *Tewar stone-inscription*. It was found on a light green stone which appears to have been found at Tewar (Tripurī), a village about 6 miles to the west of Jubbulpore (C.P.). The inscription contains 22 lines. It opens with *Oṁ namaḥ Śivāya*; then follows the genealogy of the princes of the *Ātreya-gotra* from (Lakṣmī)-Karṇa to Gayā-Karṇa. In lines 4-5 the wish is expressed that this last prince together with his son, the *Yuvarāja* Narasiṁha, may rule the earth for ever. The proper object of the inscription is to record the erection of a temple of Śiva by a Pāśupata (or *Pāñcārthika*) ascetic named Bhāvabrahman, a disciple of the ascetic Bhāvatejas, of the Ananta *gotra*. It is dated in line 21 in the Cedi year 902 (*Nava-Śata-Yugalābdādhikya-gē Cedi-diṣṭe*), corresponding to A.D. 1151.²