The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.341

v2.c31.341

(14) *Udayapur stone-inscription (i)*.—Said to have been found 'inside the east entrance of the great temple of the town of Udayapur (Lat. 23°54'N., Long. 78°7' E.) in the State of Gwalior. It contains 20 lines of incomplete writing, for in its present condition 'at the beginning of each line we miss from about 8 to 10 *akṣaras*.' The inscription records donations to the temple of the god Ūdaleśvara in the town of Udayapura by *Mahārājaputra* Vasantapāla. It was apparently dated in the first 8 lines, in the reign of Ku(mārapāla) of Aṇa(hilapāṭaka), 'the vanquisher of the lords of Śākambharī and Avanti,'³ while the *Mahāmātya* Yaśodhava(la) was managing the affairs of the state.⁴ and when the *Mahāsādhanika* Rājya(pāla) was governing at Udayapura. Of the date of the record which was contained in the beginning of the first line only ...*ṣa-sudi 15 Gurau* remains. As the endowments were made on the occasion of a lunar eclipse the editor has calculated that the lost portion must have been (V.) *Saṁvat* 1220 *var*... (A.D.) 1163.⁵