The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s6.105

v2.c32.s6.105

(1) *Kiradu stone-inscription.*—Found in a Śaiva temple in the ruins of Kiradu near Hathma, about 16 miles N.N.W. of Barmer, the principal town of the Mallani district, Jodhpur State. It contains 21 lines, opening with the date (V.) S. 1209 (*c.* 1152 A.D.), when *M.-P.-Umāpati-vara-labdha-prasāda-prauḍha-pratāpa* Kumarapāla (Kumārapāla) was reigning and Mahādeva was carrying on the business of the seal. We are then told that (*Mahā*)*rājā* Ālaṇadeva, who had obtained Kirātakūpa,⁵ Lātarhada⁶ and Śivā through the favour of his sovereign (*prabhu*), on the above date, which was a Śivarātri day, issued injunctions to the *mahājanas*, *tāmbulikas*, and other subjects forbidding the slaughther of living beings on the 8th, 11th, and 14th days of both fortnights of every month in the three towns mentioned above, on pain of capital punishment. This edict, which is called *Amāri-rūḍhi* (edict of non-slaughter), then specified a scale of punishment for Brāhmans, priests, ministers and others. It was issued by the king with the approval of *Mahārājaputras* Kelhaṇa and Gajasiṁha.¹