The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s3.50

v2.c29.s3.50

(3) *Amoda grant (i).*—It was discovered in the village of Amoda, 40 miles S.E. of Bilaspur (C.P.). The inscription contains 32 lines and is engraved on two plates. The seal attached to the ring contains the figure of the goddess *Gaja-Lakṣmī* and the legend *Rājā-Śrīmat-Pṛthvīdevaḥ*. The grant opens with *Oṁ oṁ namo Brahmaṇe*. The introductory portion then gives the usual genealogy of the dynasty from Kārtavīrya, Kokkala and Kaliṅgarāja down to Pṛthvīdeva. “In the formal part of the inscription we are told that this last king granted to the Brāhman Sīlaṇa, who had emigrated from Takārī, the village of Āvalā in the *Madhya-maṇḍala*, on the occasion of a lunar eclipse. The inscription was written by Śrī-Vatsarāja of the Vāstavya family and engraved by Lakṣmīdhara. It ends with the date (K.) *Saṁvat* 900 (A.D. 1149).²