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THE ANTIQUITIES OF MOKHALINGAM. 
victory in a battle witli tlie T)ramilas'^ and subjugating 
Vimaldditya, king of Veiigi. Rdjaraja's son Anantavarma- 
Ghodagangadeva^ wascrownediuthe/S'a/cayear lOOOf current)^ 
montb Phdlguna, Sukla o, Saturday; corresponding to 17tli 
February, A.D. 1078. Previous to A.D. 1118, he seems to 
have invaded Orissa^ and Vengi. From the large number 
of inscriptions on stones scattered all over the Ganjiim and 
Vizagapatam districts, it is evident that he Avas a powerful 
ruler in his time, holding sway over a large tract of country, 
perhaps almost the whole of the prehistoric monarchy of 
Kalinga. There is reason to believe that this Anantavarma- 
Ghodagangadeva is the very king who established the 
Gaugetic dynasty in Orissa after the Kesari line."* As 
stated above, he Avent to Orissa before A.D. 1118, probably 
at the invitation of the Utkala ruler Avho was dethroned^ 
by a rival. Anantavarmadeva reinstated him on the 
throne only for a time ; for soon afterwards, his protege 
having proved weak and unable to hold his own against 
his enemies, the invading prince availed himself of 
the opportunity to annex Orissa to his dominions, which 
under his son (according to Sir W. Hunter) ' reached from 
the Godavari right up to the Gaugetic valley.' There are 
some inscriptions on the Avails of the Drdkshdi'drna temple 
from which it may be inferred that, in A.D. 1128, Anan- 
tavarmadeva went on a pilgrimage to the place with his four 
or five wives and the officers of state ; but it does not appear 
that he was the ruler of that part of the country, as V'ish- 
rmvardhana is there spoken of as the reigning king in 
Avbose time these inscriptions were engraved. Dr. Fleet 
published some more Ganga plates issued by Devendra- 
varman, also a Ganga prince, in which the name of Ananta- 
varman^' occurs; but these are probably of an earlier period, 
to which the inscriptions of Anantavarman on the temples 
at Mnhhalingam and those that liave been just now noticed 
JayaShya pafir hahhilva dramildhavotgiU'e. Drainila (Dravida) : 
for an explauatiou of tliis word, see Dr. Oppert's paper on the original 
inhabitants of Bharatavarsha, Madras Journal of Literature and Science, 
1887-88, p. 53. There is a village called Dimcta in Vizagapatam which 
perhaps took its name from the Dravidas that settled there. 
- This name is evidently assumed on account of the marriage between 
R&jarujja, a Ganga prince, and Rajasundart, a Ohida princess. 
^ Pw-vagijcLm dUi piirvam iitkala-patim rdjye nidhdija chyutam, ^'c. 
* See note under para. 21, p. So. = Ghyiita. 
' See the table given in my reniarke fcj on Indravarman's plate beknv. 
