The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c30.s4.119

v2.c30.s4.119

(2) *Betma grant.*—Found buried in a field at the village of Beṭmā, 16 miles to the west of Indore in Central India. It contains 27 lines, incised on two copper plates, held together by a ring. The second plate contains, like No. 1, a flying figure of Garuḍa holding a snake. The introductory portion is as in No. 1. In the formal part of the grant we are told that Bhojadeva, on the occasion of the festival day of the victorious occupation³ of Koṅkaṇa (*Koṁkaṇa-grahaṇa-vijaya-parvaṇi*), granted the village of Nālataḍāga,⁴ included in Nyāyapadra⁵-*saptadaśaka*, to the Brāhman *Paṇḍita* Delha, who came from Sthāṇvīśvara. It is dated in (V.) Saṁvat 1076, the 15th day of the bright fortnight of Bhādrapada (September, 1020 A.D.).⁶