The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.713

v2.c31.713

These 3 inscriptions cover the period 1308 to 1317 V.S. We have seen that Vīsaladeva was already a *Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara* in V. S. 1295. Merutuṅga's *Therāvalī* asserts that he became king in V. S. 1300. He probably means that he ascended the throne at Aṇahilapāṭaka on that date. For, as we have seen, Bhīma II was actually ruling in that city in V. S. 1296 (A. D. 1238). Then there is evidence to show that Bhīma was succeeded in that city by one Tribhuvanapāla, who ruled up to V. S. 1299. This is proved by the *Kadi grant*² of the latter. This inscription contains 42 lines, incised on two plates. The introductory portion gives us the Caulukya genealogy from Mūlarāja I to Bhīma II.³ We are then told that *M.-P.-Pb.-* Tribhuvanapāla, who meditated on the feet of Bhīmadeva (II), and who resided at Aṇahillapāṭaka, in V. S. 1299 (*c.* 1242 A. D.) granted the villages of Bhāṁṣara and Rājapuri in the Viṣaya and Daṇḍāhi *Pathakas*⁴ to feed the *Kārpaṭika* (mendicants) at the almshouse (*satrāgāra*) built by *Rāṇā* Luṇapasāū in the *Mālatalapada*, for the spiritual benefit of his mother *Rājñī* Salakhaṇadevī. The management of the endowment was entrusted to Vedagarbharāśi, the *Sthānapati* of the temple of Mūleśvara (Śiva) at Maṇḍalī, and his descendants. The writer of the grant was *Ākṣapaṭalika Ṭha(kkura)* Somasīha, the *Dūtaka Ṭha(kkura)* Vayajaladeva. It ends with *Srī-Tribhuvanapālasya*.⁵