[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v2.c31.760 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.760 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.760 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.760](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.760) (4) \*Cintra stone-inscription\*.—Incised on a long slab of polished black stone which is now preserved in the Quinta of Don João de Castro at Cintra. Its contents however show that it originally belonged to a temple at Veraval or Somnath. It contains 66 lines of writing, and opens with \*Oṁ oṁ namaḥ Śivāya\*; then follow three verses containing a \*maṅgala\* addressed to Śiva and Gaṇeśa. Next come the genealogy of the Vāghelās from Viśvamalla³ to Sāraṅgadeva (Vs. 4-13). Next is described the spiritual family of the Lakulīśa-Pāśupata⁴ ascetic Tripurāntaka, the benefactor of the Tīrtha of Somnātha (Vs. 14-39). Verses 40-46 inform us that Tripurāntaka built temples, and dedicated 5 \*Liṅgas\*, and erected a \*toraṇa\* at Somnath. Verses 47-72 ‘enumerate the benefactions which Tripurāntaka made in order to provide for the service of his temples’ and the rules regarding the worship. V. 76 states that the \*praśasti\* was composed by Dharaṇīdhara, written by the \*mantrin\* Vikrama, and incised by the \*Śilpin\* Pūṇasīha. At the end we are told that the \*Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā-mahotsava\* took place in V.S. 1343 (1287 A.D.)⁵ (5) \*Anavada stone-inscription.\*—Found during excavation work at Anavada, the old Aṇahilapāṭaka, nearly 3 miles from Patan, in the Kadi division. It contains 24 lines, and begins with the opening stanza of Jayadeva's \*Gīta-Govinda\*. Then follows the date, (V.) Saṁvat 1348 (c. 1291 A.D.), when \*M.\* Sāraṅgadeva was reigning at Aṇahilavāṭaka, and while \*Mahāsāṁdhi\* (\*vigrahika\*) \*Mahāmā\*(\*tya\*) Madhusūdana was transacting the business of the Seal, and the \*Pañcakula\* consisted of Peṭhaḍa and others. It then records a list of gifts which was made on that date and also previously by various persons, merchants and shipowners (\*nau-vittaka\*), etc., for the worship, offerings and theatricals in honour of Kṛṣṇa.¹ - [Previous: v2.c31.759](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.759) - [Next: v2.c31.761](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.761) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31) ## Linked texts (1) - [Gītagovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2) — Jayadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.760](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.760) · Pramāṇa