The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s6.74

v2.c32.s6.74

(3) *Nadol stone-inscription (i).*—39 lines, engraved on a pillar in the temple of Someśvara at Nadol, about 10 miles N. W. of Desuri, in Godwar. It opens with the date (V.) S. 1198 (*c.* 1141 A.D.), in the victorious reign of *M.-Rāyapāla*, and then refers to 16 Brāhman representatives, 2 from each of the 8 wards of the town of Dhālopa,³ with Devāica as intermediary (*madhyaka*), who solemnly promised to find out by means of *Caukhaḍikā* (pañcāyat system) whatever should be lost or snatched away from the *Bhāṭa*, *Bhaṭṭaputra*, *Dauvārika*, *Kārpaṭika*, *Vanijjāraka* and others on their way. If the goods were lost in any particular ward, the representatives of that ward were to find out the lost property. *Mahārāja* Rāyapāla supplied the money and arms necessary for carrrying on the investigations.¹