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The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s6.132

The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s6.132

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v2.c32.s6.132

(6) *Jhamvara stone-inscription.*—10 lines, engraved on a pillar of the inner shrine of an old Vaiṣṇava temple, outside the village of Jhamvara, 12 miles to the west of Jodhpur. It is written in corrupt Sanskrit and opens with the date (V.) S. 1227 (*c.* 1171 A.D.) in the reign of *M.-P.-*Kelhaṇadeva at Nāḍūla, the chief town in the Sapta-śata-bhūmi. Next it mentions the rule of *Mahārājaputra* Cāmuṇḍarāja over Māṇḍavyapura. Lastly it registers the grant of one *dramma* made by the Rāṣṭauḍa Nāmnaḍa from the amount of some cess at Jhāmara (mod. Jhamvara), one the four *pādras* in the *bhūmi* of Māṇḍavyapura.⁵