The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c30.s4.192

v2.c30.s4.192

(1) *Mandhata grant.*—Found at Mandhata, an island in the Narbada, attached to the Nimar District of the C. P. It contains 30 lines, incised on two plates. At the end of the grant, on the left-hand corner of the second plate, is the usual figure of the flying Garuḍa holding a snake. The inscription opens with two verses praising Śiva (*Vyōmakeśa*, *Smarārāti*); then follows the genealogy of the donor, which is traced from Vākpatirājadeva (II). It then records that *Pb.-M.-P.* Jayasiṁhadeva, while residing at Dhārā, granted the village of Bhīma, included in the *Muktulā-grāma-dvicatvāriṁśa* of *Pūrṇapathaka-maṇḍala*, to the Brāhmans of the *Paṭṭaśālā* at the holy Amareśvara,³ for food and other purposes. The date V.S. 1112 (*c.* 1055-56), is given in line 29. It ends with the sign-manual of the donor.¹