The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c30.s5.61

v2.c30.s5.61

(2) *Abu stone-inscription* (i).—Contains 14 lines, of which ‘lines 7 and 14 are indistinct.’ It is written in a mixture of Sanskrit and Vernacular. It opens with *Oṁ svasti*, and then gives the date (V.) Saṁvat 1220 (*c.* 1163 A.D.) in the reign of *M.-Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara-Dhārāvarṣa*. It probably recorded the grant of a *Śāsana* by this prince granting remission of taxes, on (the village of) Phukahalī belonging to *Bhaṭṭāraka* Deveśvara, of the temple of Kāśīśvara, by *Kumhara* (Kumāra) Pālhaṇadeva. Lines 13-14 record the grant of a field by the *amātya* Sīvasiṁha.¹