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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF RATANPUR KUGDA STONE INSCRIPTION OF PRITHVIDEVA II : YEAR 893 know from other records to be the queen of Jajalladeva I. The name of Ratnadeva (II), the son and successor of Jajalladeva I, is partially preserved at the end of line 3. Vallabharaja is mentioned in line 7. His exploits and charity, the town he settled and the lake he excavated appear to have been described in lines 8-19. The next four lines are completely effaced. It is not, therefore, possible to say what the present inscription was intended to record The inscription is dated in the year 893 (expressed in decimal figures only) without further specification of the month, fortnight or tithi. The date does not, therefore, admit of verification. But the chief interest of it lies in this that it expressly refers itself to the Kalachuri era and to the reign of the illustrious king Pṛithvīdēva. The year 893, if expired, would correspond to 1141-42 A.C. Pṛithvīdēva, during whose reign the inscription was put up, was evidently Pṛithvīdēva II of the Kalachuri Dynasty of Ratanpur.
1 From ink impressions.
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