The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.515

v2.c31.515

(8) *Abu stone-inscription* (i).—Opens with *Oṁ svasti* and an invocation of Śiva, the lord of the holy Mt. Abu. Then follows a glorification of Avantī and a list of 7 spiritual ancestors⁸ of the Śaiva ascetic Kedārarāśi, who belonged to the Capala-*gotra*. The object is to record that this ascetic paved the interior of the *Tīrtha* of Kanakhala on Mount Arbuda, and built and renovated various temples at that holy place. The record was composed by Lakṣmīdhara in (V.) *Saṁvat* 1265 (A.D. 1208-09), in the *Vijaya-rājya* of *Pb.-M.-*Bhīmadeva, the saviour of the Caulukyas,⁹ while *Mahaṁ*.¹⁰ Ṭhābū (?) was in charge of the great Seal, when the *Māṇḍalika* Dhārāvarṣadeva, the lord of Candrāvatī was protecting the earth, and when the worshipful prince,¹ Prahlādanadeva was the *Yuvarāja*. The inscription was engraved by the *Sūtra*(*dhāra*) Pālhaṇa.²