The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c30.s4.141

v2.c30.s4.141

(7) *Tilakwada grant.*—Found at Tilakwada, in the bed of the river Narbada, the headquarters of a *mahal* contiguous to that of Sankheda in the Baroda Prānt, Baroda State. The grant originally consisted of 3 plates, of which the first, containing the greater part of the introductory portion, is missing. The present portion of the grant practically begins with: ‘From him (Sindhurāja ?) was born Bhojadeva.’ We are then introduced to the *Narottama* (prince ?) Surāditya (Sūrāditya) of the Śravaṇabhadra-*vaṁśa*, who came from Kanyakubja and was a devotee of the lotus-like feet of Bhoja.¹ His son Jasorāja (Yaśorāja), who resided in Saṅgamakheṭa-*maṇḍala*, having bathed in the Narmadā in V. S. 1103 (*c.* 1047 A.D.), in the temple of Śiva Maheśvara, situated at the confluence of the (river) Maṇā, granted to the god Ghaṇṭeśvara, the village of Viluhaja and also a hundred (measures) of land in the village of Ghaṇṭāpallī. The sage Dinakara was appointed a trustee for the administration of the endowment. The grant was written by the *Kāyastha* Sohika.²