The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c34.s4.1

v2.c34.s4.1

The existence of a Guhila chief at Asikā or Hansi, in the Hisar district of the Punjab, is known from the Hansi stone-inscription of the Śākambharī Cāhamāna Pṛthvīrāja II (c. 1167-69 A. D.).³ This was found on the wall of a building at Hansi. It contains 22 lines of writing. The opening verse invokes Murāri (Viṣṇu). It then mentions Kilhaṇa, the maternal uncle of the Cāhamāna Pṛthvīrāja, who belonged to the Gūhilaüta clan. We are next told that as Hammīra had become a cause of anxiety to the world, the king put Kilhaṇa in charge of the fort of Asikā. The object of the inscription is to record that Kilhaṇa erected a *pratoli* (gateway) and near it two *Koṣṭhakas* (granaries). The flag which Kilhaṇa set up on the *pratoli*, we are told, ‘set Hammīra as it were at defiance.’ The Guhila chief is stated to have burnt Pañcapura, which has been identified with ‘Pachapattana’ on the Sutlej. The inscription is dated (V.) S. 1224 (*c.* 1167 A. D.).¹