The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.76

v2.c31.76

(3) *Balera grant.*—Found in the possession of a Brāhman at Balera, in Sanchor district, Jodhpur State. It contains 21 lines, incised on two plates. The inscription opens with the date (V.) *Saṁvat* 1051 (*c.* 995 A.D.). We are then told that on that date *Pb.-M .-P.-Mūlarājadeva*, from Aṇahilapāṭaka, granted the Varaṇaka-*grāma* in the Satyapura-*maṇḍala* to the illustrious Dīrghācārya, son of Durlabhācārya, who had come from Kanyakubja, on the occasion of a lunar eclipse. The donor worships the *Ambikā-pati* (Śiva). The grant was written by the *Kāyastha* Kāñcana. The *Dūtaka* was the *mahattama* Śivarāja.²