The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.247

v2.c29.s2.247

The inscription then gives the genealogy of an officer of Malayasimha, whose name appears to be Harisiṁha. Its proper object is to record the excavation of a tank, by Malayasimha under the superintendence of Harisiṁha, 'at a cost of 1,500 *ṭaṅkakas* stamped with the figure of Buddha (*Bhagavat*).' The inscription is dated in (K.) *Saṁvat* 944 (A. D. 1192), in the reign of Vijayasimha.² (3) *Rewah grant.*—This is reported to have been found in Rewah. It is a single plate, containing 20 lines of writing. There is a ringhole in the upper part, but all trace of the ring and the seal which may have been attached to it has been lost. The inscription opens with *Oṁ svasti* and two verses in honour of Brahman and of Bhāratī. In lines 2-4 it refers itself to the reign of *Pb.-M.-P.-Parama-māheśvara-Vāmadeva-pādānudhyāta-Pb.-M.-P.-Parama-māheśvara-Trikaliṅgādhipati-nija-bhuj-opārjit-Aśvapati-Gajapati-Narapati-rāja-trayādhipati* Vījayadeva. It then gives the following genealogy of Sallakṣaṇavarman, the feudatory chief of Kakareḍi :