[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v2.c29.s2.226 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.226 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.226 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.s2.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.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 - [Previous: v2.c29.s2.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c29.s2.225) - [Next: v2.c29.s2.227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c29.s2.227) - [Up: v2.c29.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c29.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c29.s2.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c29.s2.226) · Pramāṇa