Inscriptions Several inscriptions from Jayachandra's reign have been discovered, most of them in and around Varanasi. One of the inscriptions has been discovered at Bodh Gaya in present-day Bihar. The inscriptions from Jayachandra's reign include the following: Cultural activities Jayachandra's court poet Bhatta Kedar wrote a eulogy titled Jaichand Prakash on his life, but the work is now lost. Another lost eulogy on his life is the poet Madhukar's Jaya-Mayank-Jasha-Chandrika (c. 1183). Religion According to the 1167 CE Kamauli inscription, as a prince, Jayachandra was initiated as a worshipper of Krishna by the Vaishnavite guru Praharaja-Sharman. Nevertheless, after ascending the throne, Jayachandra assumed the dynasty's traditional title Parama-Maheshvara ("devotee of Shiva"). His Kamauli grant inscription states that he made a village grant and performed tulapurusha ceremony in the presence of the god Kṛittivāsa (an epithet of Shiva). An inscription discovered at Bodh Gaya suggests that Jayachandra also showed interest in Buddhism. This inscription begins with an invocation to Gautam Buddha, the Bodhisattavas, and one Shrimitra (Śrimītra). Shrimitra is named as a perceptor (diksha-guru) of Kashisha Jayachchandra, identified with the king Jayachandra. The inscription records the construction of a guha (cave monastery) at Jayapura. See also La Malinche, Yanakuna, Benedict Arnold, Vidkun Quisling, similar terms associated with "traitors" in popular culture. References Bibliography Gahadavala dynasty 12th-century Indian monarchs 1194 deaths