The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s3.60

v2.c29.s3.60

(1) *Amoda grant.*—It was found in the village of Amoda, in the district of Bilaspur (C.P.). The inscription contains 37 lines incised on two massive plates. The ring and the seal are lost. The inscription opens with *Oṁ oṁ namo Brahmaṇe*. In the introductory portion the donor's genealogy is traced from Kārtavīrya, Kokalla, and Kaliṅgarāja. In the formal part it records the grant of a village named Bunderā to the astrologer Rāghava and the royal priest Nāmadeva. It was written by the Vāstavya Kāyastha Citrabhānu in (K.) *Saṁvat* 91(2) which is equivalent to A.D. 1161.¹