The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.263

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v2.c29.s2.263

*Saṁvat* 1385 (A.D. 1328). This inscription was originally found at Batihagarh, a village 21 miles N.W. of Damoh. It is written in Sanskrit and records the construction of a *gomaṭha*, a garden and a well in the town of Batihāḍim by the order of a local Muḥammadan ruler Jallāl Shojā (Jalāl Khwājah), son of Isāka (Isḥāq)-rāja. This Jallāla is stated to have been appointed as his representative by Hisāmadiṁ (Ḥisām ud-Dīn) also called Chipaka, son of Malik Julacī, who was made commander of the Kharpara armies and lord of Cedi (*Cedi-deśādhipa*) by the Śakendra *Suratrāṇa* (Sulṭān) Mahamūda (Maḥmūd) of Yoginīpura (Delhi). The inscription further states that Jallāla appointed his servant Dhanau as manager of the institutions mentioned above. The principal architects (*Sūtradhāra*) were Bhojūka, Kāmadeva and Hāla of the *Śilapaṭṭa-vaṁśa*. The composer of the record was the *Māthurānvaya-Kāyastha* Baijūka.¹