The collected records of the Paramaras of Malwa (parts 1 and 2) and of the Chandelas of Jejakabhukti (part 3), re-edited from Epigraphia Indica and earlier journals with new finds. For 1200 it holds the Paramara grants of Subhatavarman and the Chandela records of Paramardi, Trailokyavarman and their feudatories, including the records from Kalanjara and Ajaygadh that frame Aibak's siege of Kalanjara in 1202 to 1203. The introductions set out the dynastic chronology and the location of the places named.
About this source
- Title
- Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, vol. 7: Inscriptions of the Paramaras, Chandellas, Kachchhapaghatas and two minor dynasties
- Author
- Various, edited by H. V. Trivedi
- Written
- inscriptions of the 9th to 14th centuries; edited 1978 to 1991
- Language
- Sanskrit, with English translations
- Covers
- about 800 to 1350
- Kind
- Inscriptions
Part 3 (the Chandela records) was not found online in this task; the Chandela inscriptions can be read in Epigraphia Indica vols. 1 and 4 instead. Government of India publication; scans from the IGNCA and DLI.
Where to read it
Editions
- H. V. Trivedi (ed.), Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum vol. 7, part 1 (New Delhi, 1991) (in copyright; not linked) (not freely online)
- H. V. Trivedi (ed.), Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum vol. 7, part 2 (New Delhi, 1991) (in copyright; not linked) (not freely online)