1895.] 
inscriptions of the King Nrsimhci-deva. 
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In B, the Grant was made on Caka-nrpater atitesu sodagddhikesu 
trayddaga-gata-samvatsaresu . Nrasimha-deva-nrpatih (? eh) svardjyasya 
dvdvimgatyarjke abhilikhyanidne vichd gukla ekddagydm mar/galavare or on 
Tuesday 11th tithi of the bright half of the vicha month in the faka 
year 1316 = 23rd Nov. 1395 (O. S.) which happened to be a Tuesday. 
The £?aka year seems to be an expired year. 
In A, Kamarnava II, the eldest son of Codagagga, ascended the 
throne on vedartu-vyoma-candra-pramita-gaka-samdh or 1064 £aka = 
1142 A. D. In B, vedartu is changed to devartu which would make 
the date of accession .1033 Saka or thirty-one years earlier. The later 
date is possible and more consistent with the date of Codgaijga’s 
abhiseka as given in Sewell’s plates (1078 A. D.) considering that he 
reigned seventy years. Furthermore according to Sewell’s plates, 
Codagaijga was reigning in 1040 and 1057 £aka—facts which cannot be 
explained if the earlier date (1033) be accepted 1 . 
Two other tithis are incidentally mentioned in the B plate No. VI. 
1. At camp Devakuta on Wednesday the 7th tithi of the dark half, 
2nd Vicha of 23rd ai)ka = 22nd Nov. 1396 A. D. (O. S.) (lines 25—6). 
2. At camp Narayanapura on Saturday 11th tithi of the dark half, 
Mina Sai)kranti = 24th February 1397 A. D. (O. S.) (lines 29-30). 
With these dates and years of reign, the following table can now 
be constructed :— 
Serial 
No. 
Names of the kings of Orissa. 
Years 
of reign. 
Ref. to the plates. 
Remarks. 
1. 
CSdagaijga 
70 
A II. 45-6, B II. 40. 
Began to 
2. 
Kamarnava I. 
10 
A III. 15, 
Bill. 11. 
reign in 
3. 
Raghava 
15 
A III. 32, B III. 26. 
1142 A. D. 
4. 
Raja-raja I. 
25 
A III. 39-40, B III. 36. 
5. 
Anlyaqga-bhima-deva 
10 
A IV. 2, 
B III. 46. 
6. 
Raja-raja II. ... 
17 
„ „ , B IV. 2. 
7. 
Anarjga-bhima-deva 
33 
A IV. 21, 
B IV. 25. 
8. 
Nr-simha-deva I. 
33 
A IV. 30, 
B IV. 36. 
9. 
Vira-bhanu-deva I. ... 
17 
A IV. 43, „ „ „ 
10. 
Nara-simha-deva II. ... 
34 
A V. 2, ,, ,, ,, 
11. 
Vira-bhanu-deva II. 
24 
A V. 19, „ „ „ 
12. 
Nr-simha-deva III. ... 
24 
A V. 25-6, „ „ „ 
13. 
Bhann-deva III. 
26 
A V. 37, „ „ „ 
Was reign¬ 
ing in 1397 
A. D. 
14. 
Nr-simha-deva IV. ... 
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1 1 would point out, however, that the total of reigns (268) plus six (the 
years as calculated from the aijka in A), if added to 1064, amounts to 1338, and thus 
exceeds 1305 <?aka, the date given in the A. grant. There seem to be mistakes in 
the years of reign, otherwise this discrepancy is inexplicable. [Of. also Prinsep s 
Useful Tables, Ed. Thomas, No. xxiv. Er>.] 
