The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.222

v2.c29.s2.222

(1) *Bheraghat stone-inscription.*—The block of green stone which bears this was found at Bheraghat on the Narbada, in the Jubbulpore district of the C P. It contains 29 lines and opens with *Oṁ namaḥ Śivāya* and 6 verses invoking the blessings of Śiva, Gaṇeśa, and Sarasvatī. Then follows a pedigree of the Kalacuris from Arjuna (Sahasrārjuna, V. 7) to Gayā-Karṇa, who married the Gobhila princess Alhaṇadevī. The latter bore him Narasiṁha, and Jayasiṁha. The former of these two princes was reigning when the inscription was set up. The proper object of the inscription is to record the foundation of a temple of Śiva (*Indu-mauli*), with a *maṭha*, a hall of study and gardens attached to it, by the widowed queen Alhaṇadevī. For the maintenance of these institutions and the temple, the queen ‘assigned the two villages of Nāmaūṇḍi, in the Jāulī-*pattalā*, and of Makarapaṭaka, on the right bank of the Narmadā in the land adjoining the hills. The management of the whole establishment, thus founded by the queen, was entrusted in the first instance to a Pāśupata ascetic of Lāṭa lineage’. All the aforesaid buildings were planned by the *Sūtradhāra* Pīthe, who knew ‘the rules of Viśvakarman.’ The *praśasti* was composed by Śaśīdhara of the Mauna *gotra*, and written by his elder brother Pṛthvīdhara. It was engraved on stone by the *Sūtradhāra* Bālasiṁha. The date (K.) *Saṁvat* 907 (A.D. 1155) comes at the end.¹