[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v2.c32.s6.74 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s6.74 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c32.s6.74 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.s6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.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 - [Previous: v2.c32.s6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c32.s6.73) - [Next: v2.c32.s6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c32.s6.75) - [Up: v2.c32.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c32.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c32.s6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c32.s6.74) · Pramāṇa