The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.63

v2.c29.s2.63

The limits of the kingdom of Yuvarāja I cannot be definitely fixed. But the Chandrehe stone-inscription,² seems to indicate that in the north it included a portion of Baghelkhand. This document is written on two slabs of stone ‘built into the walls of the front verandah of a Śaiva monastery which stands close to the great temple of Śiva at Chandrehe,’ on the Son river in Rewa. It belongs to the Mattamayūra sect of the Śaiva ascetics. One of these, Prabhāvaśiva, we are told, was greatly honoured by Yuvarāja. The identity of this prince is established by another stone-inscription,³ said to have been discovered in the ruins of Gurgi some 12 miles to the east of the town of Rewa. The 6th verse of this record tells us that the Mattamayūra ascetic Prabhāvaśiva ‘was brought to this part of the country by Yuvarājadeva, son of Mugdhatuṅga, and made to accept a monastery or a temple.’ As this last inscription also refers to the building of a high temple at the place by the same king, it is likely that Yuvarāja's power extended across the Son to the north of the Kaimur Range.