The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c30.s4.350

v2.c30.s4.350

(1) *Harsauda stone-inscription.*—Dug out from the ruins of a temple in the village of ‘ Harsaudā, about 10½ miles from the town of Chārwā, in the district of Hoshangabad in the Central Provinces.’ It contains 18 lines, opening with *Om namaḥ Śivāya* and then praising the gods Heramba (Gaṇeśa), Bhāratī (Sarasvatī), Brahman, Viṣṇu and Śiva. Then follows the date (V.) Saṁvat 1275 (A.D. 1218), at Dhārā, in the reign of *Samadhigata-pañca-mahā-śabd-ālaṁkāra-virājamāna-Pb.-M.-P.-Parama-māheśvara-Limbāryā¹-prasāda vara-labdha-pratāpa-Devapāladeva*. The object of the inscription is to record that on the north-eastern side of Harṣapura the merchant Keśava built a temple of Śambhu together with a tank, and that near it he put up figures of Hanumat, Kṣetrapāla, Gaṇeśa, Kṛṣṇa, Nakulīśa and Ambikā. It ends with *Śivamastu*.²