The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.740

v2.c31.740

The trustees appointed for the management of the endowment included the Muslim congregations (*jamātha*, i.e., *Jamā'at*) of *Nākhuyā-naurika* (ship-owners), of wharf-people (*Ghaṭṭaka*) who are devoted to the Martyr¹ with their preacher (*Khalībā*), and of the Musalmans among the landholders (*pathapati*) and the (Persian) artisans (*cuṇakara*). The inscription ends with the statement that any one who plundered this place of worship and its income will bear the guilt of the five deadly sins (*pañca-mahāpātaka*).²