The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.320

v2.c31.320

(6) *Vadnagar praśasti.*—Incised on a stone slab in the Arjun-Bārī near the Sāmelā tank at Vadnagar in Gujarat. It contains 46 lines, opening with *Om namaḥ Śivāya* and a *maṅgala* addressed to Brahman. The next 17 verses give an account of the origin of the Caulukyas, and traces their genealogy down to Kumārapāla. Verses 19 to 29 praise the ancient Brāhmanic settlement of Nagara or Ānandapura,² and the rampart which Kumārapāla raised round it. V. 30 gives us the name of the author of the *praśasti*, Śrīpāla, who, we are told, was adopted as a brother by Siddharāja and bore the title *Kavi-cakravartin*.³ The record was written in (V.) Saṁvat 1208 (*c.* 1151 A.D.) by the Nāgara Brāhman, *Paṇḍit* Vālhana.⁴