The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c30.s4.353

v2.c30.s4.353

(2) *Mandhata grant*—Found enclosed in a stone-chest ‘ near the temple of Siddheśvara at Māndhātā, an island on the Narmadā river attached to the Nimar District of the C. P.’ It contains 80 lines, incised on 3 plates. The introductory portion (verses 1-19) is exactly the same as in his father's grants.³ We are informed that Arjunavarman was succeeded in Mālava, by Devapāla, son of Hariścandra. In the formal part we are told, while staying at Māhiṣmatī,⁴ on the occasion of a lunar eclipse, in (V.) Saṁvat 1282 (*c.* 1225 A.D.) after bathing in the Revā and worshipping Śiva in the neighbourhood of (Viṣṇu) Daityasūdana, Devapāla granted the village of Satājuṇā¹ in the Mahuaḍa²-*pratijāgaraṇaka*, to the Brāhman Gaṅgādhara and 31 other donees. The date in figures is again given in line 79. It was composed by the *Rāja-guru* Madana³ with the assent of the *Mahāsāndhivigrahika-Paṇḍita* Bilhaṇa.⁴ Line 80 contains the sign-manual of the donor.⁵