The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.234

v2.c29.s2.234

(2) *Nagpur Museum Inscription.*—Kielhorn notices this in a footnote of his *List of Northern Inscriptions*. It is ‘much effaced’ and is ‘apparently’ dated in the (K.) *Saṁ.* 926 in the reign of Jayasiṁha. It was composed by the same Śaśidhara who composed the Bheraghat stone-inscription of Alhaṇadevī.² (3) *Tewar stone-inscription.*—The stone which bears this was procured from the village of Tewar (Tripurī), in the district of Jubbulpore (C.P.). The inscription consists of 9 lines and opens with a verse in honour of Mahādeva. Then comes the names of the king Gayā-Karṇa and his two sons Narasiṁha and Jayasiṁha. It records the erection of a temple of Śiva (*Īśvara*) by the *Nāyaka* Keśava in K. Saṁvat 928 (A.D. 1177). Keśava was a resident of the village of Sīkhā in Mā(la)vaka or Mālava.¹