The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s5.22

v2.c32.s5.22

(1) *Balvan stone-inscription.*—Found engraved on a stone slab built into a niche of the reservoir in front of the temple of Kavāljī (Kapālīśvara), in the Balvan estate of the Kotah principality of Rajputana. It contains 39 lines of writing which open with invocations to Gaṇeśa and Kapālīśvara (Śiva). Then follows a description of the surroundings of the temple, close to which, we are told, flow the rivers Cakraṭaṭinī,¹ Mandākinī² and Ketumukhā. Next follows the name of the Cāhamāna Pṛthvīrāja (Vs. 4-5): In his family was Vāgbhaṭadeva (V. 6); after him (*tato*) Jaitrasiṁha (Vs. 7-8); then came Hammīra (Vs. 9-12). The next verses describe the family of the Kāṭāriyā Kāyastha Narapati, who had originally migrated from Mathurā and had served as the chief minister (*mantri-mukhya*) of both Jaitrasiṁha and Hammīra (V. 35). Their pedigree is as follows:—