The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c34.s1.37

v2.c34.s1.37

Bhartṛpaṭṭa II was succeeded by Allaṭa,⁵ his son by the queen Mahālakṣmī. The *Ahar Sāraṇeśvara temple-inscription of Allaṭa* contains the dates V.S. 1008 (*c.* 951 A.D.) and 1010 (*c.* 953 A.D.) for his reign.⁶ It is incised on a slab of white marble attached to two pillars in front of the *Raṅga-maṇḍapa* of the Śaiva temple near the burning ground at Ahar in Mewar. It contains 6 lines opening with an invocation to Hari. It then mentions the *Rājñī* Mahālakṣmī, her son the king (*medinī-pati*) Allaṭa, and his son Naravāhana. It then speaks of the *Amātya* Mammaṭa, the *Sāndhivigrahika* Durlabharāja, the *Akṣapaṭalakas* Mayūra and Samudra, the *Vandīpati* Nāga and the *Bhiṣagadhirāja* Rudrāditya. It registers the construction of a temple of the god Murāri (Viṣṇu), which was begun in V.S. 1008 and completed in V.S. 1010 and records various endowments for its maintenance, on the sale of an elephant one *dramma*, on that of a horse two *rūpakas*, a horned animal *drummārdha-viṁśaka* (*i.e.*, 1/40 *dramma*), etc. Contributions were also levied upon various other traders of the locality, including even the gamblers. It is also laid down that the merchants of Karṇāṭa, Lāṭa, Madhyadeśa and Ṭakka should pay contributions to the temple.