1896.] N. N. Vasu—Copper-plate inscription of Nrsimha-déva II. 259 
8. Because the adversary kings, (while he was fighting) at the 
head of the battle, raised a tumult (Kélahala) and (went to) the abodes 
of the gods, his (capital) became equal to the abode of gods and was 
named Kolaihala. In that city several kings reigned in succession. 
9. When the eldest Narasimha is reigning what shall we do here— 
we who delight in forcibly carrying away the goddess of prosperity by 
conquering the world with our prowess. Let the creeper-like sword in 
our hands exercise in the forest of the necks of our enemies. Let the 
ereeper of our glory ascend to heaven. 
10. Of the Lords of men, they with Kamarnava as their fifth, 
while roaming over the world with the object of conquest were in some 
places honoured by their enemies, in others, they had to destroy the 
families hostile to them. In this they reached not only Kalinga but 
along with it Udra also. (When they reached there) the Tortoise 
Incarnation of Hari rose, as it were, from the sea to see them. 
11. What more can be said in praise of these kings belonging to the 
Ganga Dynasty than that, at the time when, in battle, they snatched away 
by force all the lands belonging to the Kalingas, and the fortune long 
enjoyed by others ; the divine tortoise, the three-eyed Civa at Gokarna 
as well as on the Mahéndra, the sea, and the sun and the moon in the 
sky, all bore witness to the occasion. 
12. Among them, Kamarnava the ruler of the world was the 
progenitor of a line of kings. His sons and grandsons were kings of 
renowned arms. 
13. From Kamarnava sprang Vajra-hasta as the thunder- 
holder on earth, a renowned king throughout the world and devoted to 
the teachings of the Gastras. He was a destroyer of his enemies and 
provided all the means for supplying the wants of the needy ; and by his 
pure way of living, he was like an ascetic of the first order. 
14. The king of Tri-Kalinga was not only Vajra-hasta in name, 
but in his deeds too he was like the Holder of the thunder-bolt. Except 
Indra the Thunder-bolt-holder himself, who is there upon earth, who 
ean resist the falling thunderbolt, 7. e., the attack of Vajra-hasta P 
15. His fame, pure as the moon, spread through all the directions 
of the horizon, and gladdened the whole world. The riders of the 
elephants supporting the eight quarters of the world perceiving this, 
painted the frontal globes of their elephants again and again with thick 
pigment of vermilion, 
16. As Parvati was of Pinakin (Maha-déva), so Nangama was his 
beloved wife: By her, Vajra-hasta had a son named Raja-raja the 
valorous king. 
17. King Raja-raja was handsome like the moon. His glories 
