The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.324

v2.c31.324

(7) *Kiradu stone pillar-inscription (ii).*—Found incised on a white stone pillar at Kiradu, ‘a small village near Hāthamo under Bāḍmera, in Marwar in Rajputana. It contains 21 lines of very damaged and fragmentary writing. It opens with the date (V.) Saṁvat 1209 (*c.* 1153 A.D.), in the victorious reign of *Rājādhirāja*-Kumārapāla, ‘who has conquered all kings,’ by the grace of Śaṅkara, the lord of Pārvatī,’ and then records that when Mahādeva was ‘in charge of the signet and the seal, etc.’⁵ (the Naḍḍula Cāhamāna) *Mahārāja* Ālhaṇadeva on the Śivarātri Caturdaśī, and certain other specified days gave security for the lives of animals. No life was to be taken under penalty of a fine for persons belonging to the royal family and of capital punishment for others. The record was written by *Mahārājaputra-Sāndhivigrahika* Ṭhakkura Khelāditya.¹