The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.337

v2.c31.337

(12) *Bali Inscription.*—Incised on a lintel in the temple of Bahuguṇa Mātā at Bali, the principal town of the district of the same name in Jodhpur State. It is dated in (V.) *Saṁvat* 1216 (A.D. 1159) in the reign of Kumārapāla. On that date his *Daṇḍanāyaka* at Naddūla was Vayajaladeva and ‘*Jahāgirdār*’ of Vālahi (mod. Bali) was Anupameśvara. The inscription records that a plot of land belonging to Baḷi which could be traversed by one ploughshare in a single day was granted by Vayajaladeva for the worship of the goddess Bahughṛṇā.¹