The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.226

v2.c29.s2.226

(3) *Alha-Ghat stone-inscription.*—“This inscription together with two others, is on a block of stone which is about a hundred yards from a large cave, somewhere near the foot of Alha-Ghāt, ‘one of the natural passes of the Vindhya hills by which the Tons river finds its way from the tableland of Rewah to the plain of the Ganges’” (Lat. 24°55′N., Long. 81°27′E.). It contains 7 lines, and opens with the date (V.) *Saṁvat* 1216 (A.D. 1159), in the victorious reign of the *Ḍāhālīya-mahārājādhirāja* Narasiṁhadeva. The object is to record (lines 2-5) that the *Rāṇaka* Chīhula, son Jālhaṇa, the *Mahārāṇaka* of Pipal-[oau?]durga, performed some meritorious deed in connection with or near Saṭaṣaḍikā Ghāṭ. Line 6 seems to mention some person from Kauśāmbī who had something to do with the *Rāṇaka’s* orders. The record was written by *Ṭhakura* Kamalādhara. It ends with the name of *Sūtradhāra* Kamalasīha and 4 others, who were probably artisans engaged in the work mentioned above.²