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Benares Plate of Govindacandra, King of Kanauj: (Vikrama‑) Samvat 1171

By R. K. Ghoshal

Vol. 16 · No. 1March - 1940pp. 99–104English

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  • “The plate, which bears the sub-joined mnscription, was found, along with छिपा others, by a contractor 10 April 1899 10 course of some excavation for water-wotks near the Bhadaini temple of Benares at a depth of about five feet from the surface.””
  • “The date, which is given both in figures as well as in words, has been read by Dr. F. Kielhorn* as Monday (Soma), फैट full-moon tithi of Magha of the Year 1171.”

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  1. Epigraphia Indica
  2. No. E. 14 of Provincial Museum, Lucknow
  3. Kamauli Plate of Govindacandra (V.S. 1184)

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Vol. 16 · No. 1
1–8Hyder Ali’s Relations with the Marathas (1766–67)Narendra Krishna Sinha9–19Post‑Vyasārāya PolemicsB. N. Krishnamurti Sharma20–39Durlabhrām: A Prominent Bengal Officer of the Mid‑eighteenth CenturyKali Kinkar Datta40–47Parijata‑dhvaja of the Maratha King SambhajiP. K. Gode48–57The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India (1206–1290 A.D.)Mohammad Aziz Ahmad58–69Vasudeva SarvabhaumaDinesh Chandra Bhattacharya70–98The Wife in the Vedic RitualJitendra Bimal Chaudhuri99–104Benares Plate of Govindacandra, King of Kanauj: (Vikrama‑) Samvat 1171R. K. GhoshalCurrent article105–117TeliagarhiSarit Sekhar Majumdar118–142Śiva and his Emblems on Early Indian Coins and SealsJitendra Nath Banerjee143–144Miscellany: Guṇaratna’s Tarkarahasyadīpikā and Dharmakīrti’s PramāṇavārttikaVidhushekhara Bhattacharya147–165Quilon Inscription of Jayasimha Vira Kerala VarmaK. Rama Pisharoti, A. Govinda Warrier166–169Sher Shah’s Parganahs and their administrative OfficialsH. N. Sinha169–171A Note on the Śabdaniṟṇaya/ŚabdanirŇayaT. R. Chintamani172–178The Silver and Copper Coinage of Pre‑Moghul IndiaGottlieb L. Schanzlin179–182A Side‑light on the History of BengalDhirendra Chandra Ganguly182–186The Vatsagulma Copper‑plate Grant of Vākāṭaka Vindhyasakti - Regnal Year 37Dineshchandra Sircar187–206ReviewsDineshchandra Sircar, Nalinaksha Dutt, Chintaharan Chakravarti, Narendra Krishna Sinha, A. B. M. Habibullah, U. N. Ray207–218Select Contents of Oriental Journals

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