The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.224

v2.c31.224

(3) *Gala stone-inscription (i).*—Found in a temple on the west bank of the rivulet named Candra-bhāgā, equidistant from the villages of Gala and Duadpur which are about 8 miles from Dhrangadra, in Jhalawar, NE Kathiawar. The inscription, which is damaged, contains 5 lines. It is dated in (V.) *Saṁvat* 1193 (*c.* A.D. 1136), in the reign of *Mahā*…(*Si*)ddha-*Cakravarti Avantinātha-Jayasiṁhadeva*. The object is to record the erection of a temple to the goddess *Bhaṭṭārikā* with a shrine of *Gaṇeśa* by certain persons (apparently related to the *Vyaya-karaṇe Mahāmātya* (treasury officer ?) Ambaprasāda.¹