The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s3.62

v2.c29.s3.62

(2) *Malhar stone-inscription.*—It is reported to have been brought from Malhār in the C.P. It consists of 28 lines and is incised on a piece of black stone. It opens with *Oṁ oṁ namaḥ Śivāya* and two verses invoking the god Śambhu and Gaṇapati. Then comes the genealogy of Jājalladeva (II), ‘the ruler of Tummāṇa,’ traced from Ratnadeva (II) of the lunar race. The proper object of the inscription is to record the erection, at the town of Mallāla (probably mod. Malhar or Malar), of a temple of the god Kedāra (Śiva) by the Brāhman Somarāja, the son of Gaṅgādhara who settled in Tummāṇadeśa from the village of Kumbhaṭī in Madhyadeśa. The inscription was composed by Ratnasiṁha, son of Māme of the Vāstavya race. The date (K.) *Saṁvat* 919 (A.D. 1167-68) comes at the end.²