The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c30.s4.115

v2.c30.s4.115

(1) *Banswara grant.*—Originally found in the possession of the widow of a *ṭhaṭherā* (coppersmith) living at Banswara, in Southern Rajputana. The exact find-spot is not known. It contains thirty-two lines incised on two copper plates, held together by a ring. At the end of the grant, at the left-hand side of the second plate, in a rectangular border, there is the usual flying figure of Garuḍa, holding a snake in his left hand. The inscription opens with two verses invoking the god Śiva (*Vyōmakeśa, Smarārāti*), and then traces the genealogy of the Paramāras from *Pb.-M.-P.*-Sīyakadeva (II) to *Pb.-M.-P.*-Bhojadeva. It then records that the last prince, 'at the anniversary⁴ of the conquest of Koṅkaṇa' (*Koṁkaṇa-vijaya-parvaṇi*), having worshipped *Bhavānīpati* (Śiva), granted 100 *nivartanas* of land at Vatapadraka,¹ included in the Ghāghradora-*bhoga* of Sthalī-*maṇḍala*, to the Brāhman Bhāïla, whose ancestors had emigrated from Chiñchā-*nagara*. The date is given in line 31 as (V.) Saṁvat 1076 Māgha Sudi 5 (3rd January, A.D. 1020). The writing in both the plates end with the sign-manual of Bhojadeva.²