The Mera Visnu Temple Inscription of Haridharman : — 

The inscription is inscribed in twenty-seven lines on a rectan- 
gular slab of stone which v\ as found in course of an archaeological 
exploration in the Jehanabad sub-division of the district of Gaya. 
The exact findspot of tl e inscription is not known. 

Language — Sanskrit; characters eastern variety of the North 
Indian alphabets of about the I2th century A.D. 

The inscription, which furnishes a detailed description of the 
family of Haridharman, a Brahman of the Kaundinya-gotra, records 
the construction of a Visnu temple at the village of Mera. in 
Magadha. The genealogy of the family is traced from Medhapati, 
who is mentioned as well versed in the Atharvavedic texts and