The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.701

v2.c31.701

(I) *Ahmedabad pillar-inscription.*—On a pillar in the mosque of Aḥmad Shāh I (A. D. 1411-43), in the Bhadr at Ahmedabad. It contains 10 lines, incised on a pillar to the right of the pulpit. The preserved portion opens with the date, (V.) *Saṁvat* 1308 (*c.* 1251 A.D.) It records that on that date, in the victorious reign of *M.*-Vīsaladeva, while the *Mahāpradhānas* appointed by him (were) the *Rāṇaka* Vardhama and Mūlarāja, a trellis (*jāli*) was caused to be made in the *maṇḍapa* of the god Uttareśvara by Pethaḍa, the *masāhaṇī*, of Bai Soḍhala-devī. The overseer *Upadraṣṭā*) was the *Rā(uta)* Mallā, the *Sūtra(dhāra)* Sūmaṇa.⁴