by a man named Nahila, son of Sivarudra, who was evidently well-versed in Sanskrit grammar and rhetoric.

The ruler mentioned in the inscription, Lalla of the Chhinda family, is described as a mandala-putra, or ruler of a province, and he was probably a feudatory of the kings of Kannauj. The text says that he "brought the river Katha to his capital", which according to H.R. Nevill probably refers to the digging of the canal now called the Katni. It also says that Lalla had the two temples built and endowed