The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s3.47

v2.c29.s3.47

(2) *Rajim stone-inscription.*—The stone which bears this inscription is built into a wall of the temple of Rāmacandra at Rājim, in the Raipur district, near the junction of the Mahanadi and the Pairi. The inscription contains 19 lines and opens with *Oṁ namo Nārāyaṇāya*. It then gives the genealogy of Jagapāla who served as an officer under Pṛthvīdeva II, and his two immediate predecessors. His ancestor ‘*Ṭhakkura* Śrī-Sāhilla, the spotless ornament of the Rājamāla race, which gave delight to the Pañca(ha)ṁsa race,’ is stated to have come from the Vaḍahara-*deśa* and as gladdened by the attainment of the *Pañca-mahāśabda*. One of his sons named Svāmin is said to have conquered the Bhaṭṭavila and Vihāra countries. Svāmin had two sons named Jayadeva and Devasimha. The former is said to have acquired the district of Dāṇḍora while the latter took the Komo-*maṇḍala*.³ A wife of one of the latter was probably the *Ṭhakkurājñī* Udayā. The son appears to have been Jagapāla also called Jagasiṁha. The eulogy was composed by *Ṭhakkura* Jasānanda, son of *Ṭhakkura* Jasodhara of the Ayodhyāpurīya family and written and engraved by the *rūpakāra* Śrī-Ratnapāla. The inscription is dated in lines 18-19 in K(u)lacuri *Saṁvatsare* 896 (A.D. 1145).¹