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IV. Ramacandra Deva II. 
(1731/32—1742/43 A.D.) 
This king was son of Gopinatha. According to A., he reigned 16 
years; according to B. 11 years. B’s statement appears more reliable, 
because the reigns of this king and of his two successors amount to 66 
years, and the next following king (Makunda Deva) began to rule in 
1797/98 A.D., as I shall show hereafter. Hence Ramacandra’s 1st 
year falls in 1731/32 (or 1797/98—66) exactly as calculated from his 
father’s reign. But A’s total 71 would put his 1st year further back to 
1726/27 A.D., which does not agree with the calculations from the 
reigns of the preceding kings. Ramacandra Deva was unfortunate. 
He was defeated and taken as prisoner to Kataka under orders of Shuja- 
ud-din, the Bengal Governor. At Kataka he married a Mahomedan 
lady and died. 
V. Virakisora Deva. 
(1742/43—1779/80 A.D.) 
Virakisora succeeded his grandfather as a child. According to A, 1 
the Marhattas conquered Orissa and drove out the Mughals in his 5th 
Aijka or 4th year. This dispossession of the Mughals took place 
towards the end of the rains in 1745 A.D. 2 The 4th year being 1745/ 
46 A.D., the first year naturally falls in 1742/43 A.D. According to A. 
he ruled 43 years; and accordiug to B. 37 years. For reasons stated 
under Ramacandra Deva and under the next kings I have accepted B’s 
figures as more reliable. Yirakisora was reigning in 43rd Agka or 35tli 
year as an Oriya sale-deed testifies. 3 The king’s rule was nominal 
being disturbed by Mughals and Marhattas. 
VI. Divyasimha Deva II. 
(1779/80—1797/98 A.D.) 
This king was grandson of Yirakisora. His reign is put by Mr. 
Stirling at 12, and by B. at J8 years. The former is wrong because A. 
which Stirling followed, really shows 18 and not 12; and because 
Stirling himself has translated an Oriya sale-deed dated 17th Aijka or 
1 “V *T5TT^ I 
2 Stewart’s Hist. Beng. (1847), p. 293. “ Ragojee accordingly encamped in 
Beerbhoom and reduced the province of Cuttack and most of Burdwan, by his 
detachments.” 
s Toynbee’s Orissa, App. p. XXXIII. 
