The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c30.s4.321

v2.c30.s4.321

(2) *Bhopal grant (i).*—This and the next grant were found ‘deposited in the library of the Begum’s school at Sehore in Bhopal.’ Its introductory portion is the same as in No. 1. In the formal part it records that the donor of No. 1 above, after bathing in the Somavatī-*tīrtha* ‘on Monday, the 15th day of the moon’s wane, granted to the priest (*Purodhas*) Govinda a section of buildings belonging to the Daṇḍādhipati’ (*Daṇḍādhipati-vāsa-vigraha*)² in the city of Mahākāla (i.e., Ujjain). It further records that while residing at Bhṛgukaccha (mod. Broach), on the occasion of a solar eclipse in (V.) S. 1270 (in words) the same donor granted to the *Purohita* Govinda Śarman (same as Govinda above) the village of Uttarāyaṇa, appertaining to (the district of) Sāvairisole.³ The inscription is again dated towards the end in (V.) *Saṁvat* 1270 (A.D. 1213), written in figures. It was composed by the *Rājaguru* Madana, with the permission of *Mahāsāndhi(vigrahika) Pa(ṇḍita)* Bilhaṇa. Then comes the sign-manual of *Mahārāja* Arjunavarmadeva. Last is given the name of the engraver, *Paṇḍita* Bāpyadeva.⁴