The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s3.23

v2.c29.s3.23

Pṛthvīdeva built temples for the god Pṛthvīdeveśvara and others at Tummāṇa and a ‘tank like the sea,’ at Ratnapura.² He married Rājalladevī³ and had by her a son named Jājalladeva, who succeeded him. So far only one record has been discovered for the reign of this prince. This is his *Ratnapur stone-inscription*. The reddish brown stone which bears this inscription was found at Ratnapur in the C. P. It consists of 31 lines and opens with a verse in praise of Śiva. Then follows the usual genealogy (as in No. 1 above). Pṛthvīdeva’s son was Jājalla. The proper object of the inscription appears to be to record the establishment of a monastery for ascetics (*tāpasa-maṭha*), the making of a garden and a lake and probably also the foundation of a temple at Jājallapura and the grant of the villages of Sirulī and Arjunkoṇasaraṇa (?) etc., by king Jājalladeva. The inscription ends with the date (K.) *Saṁvat* 866 (1114 A. D.).⁴