The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s4.116

v2.c32.s4.116

(4) *Delhi Siwalik Pillar-inscriptions.*—Incised on the pillar which is known as Fīrūz Shāh's Lāṭ or the Siwalik Pillar, which contains the inscriptions of Aśoka. It is reported that the original site of the pillar was near Khizrabad, immediately west of the Jumna, at the foot of Siwalik mountains, whence it was removed to Delhi by Fīrūz Shāh (A.D. 1351-88). There are three short inscriptions on the pillar The first consists of only 3 lines, giving the date (V.) *Saṁvat* 1220 (A.D. 1164) in the reign of the Śākambharī king Vīsaladeva, the son of Ānnalladeva.⁴ The second inscription, of four lines, contains a short *praśasti* of king Vigraha or Vigraharāja. The third inscription, in six lines, also contains a *praśasti* of the ‘ornament of the Cāhamānas,’ Vīsala also called Vigraharāja of Śākambharī, who is said to have conquered the whole region from the Vindhyas to the Himalayas and repeatedly exterminated the Mlecchas. It is dated in (V.) *Saṁvat* 1220 (A.D. 1164), and was written at the king’s command in the presence of the astrologer Tilakarāja by the *Gauḍa Kāyastha* Śrīpati, when the *Rājaputra* Saliakṣaṇa was serving as the *Mahā-mantrī*.¹