1903.] M. Chakravarti —Eastern Gafjga kings of Orissa. 99 
Sometimes the verified dates give two or three different years for the ini¬ 
tial year ; in which case the initial year given by the majority is accepted 
as being the most reliable. Of some kings no inscriptions with regnal 
years have been found, and their periods of reign have been taken or 
deduced from the figures given in the copperplates. Only one king has 
got no inscriptions; for him the copperplate year has been accepted as 
it fits in with the deduced dates of the preceding and the succeeding 
kings. 
The years thus calculated are compared below with the regnal years 
The comparison of the as given in the Puri and Kendupatna cop- 
calculated dates with pe r-plates 
the copperplate figures. 
1 
No. 
2 
The names of the kings. 
3 
No. of 
Inscrip¬ 
tions. 
4 
The last years 
of the kings as 
5 
The years as 
given in the 
6 
Remarks. 
- 
calculated. 
coppei - 
plates. 
1 
Coragaijga Deva 
38 
72nd year ... 
70 
(a) The year 
2 
Kamarnava Deva VII 
8 
(10th „ )(a) 
10 
is taken 
3 
Raghava ... 
• • « 
(15th „ )(a) 
15 
from the 
4 
Rajaraja II 
4 
21st „ 
25 
co p p e r - 
5 
Aniyagka alias Anaqga 
3 
9th „ 
10 
plates. 
Bhitna Deva II. 
(6) The year 
6 
Rajaraja III 
1 
(14th „ )(b) 
17 
34(c) 
33 
is deduced 
from the 
c o p p e r - 
7 
Anaijga Bhima Deva III 
3 
(28th „ )(b) 
8 
Nrsimha Deva I 
1 
(27th „ )(b) 
33 
18(c) 
plate figure 
treated as 
9 
Bhanu Deva I 
2 
(15th „ ){b) 
arjlca . 
10 
Nrsiihha Deva II 
15 
(28th „ )(i) 
17 
34 
(c) The upper 
fignre is of 
11 
Bhanu Deva II 
2 
23rd „ 
24 
Kendupatna, 
the lower of 
12 
Nrsiihha Deva III 
13 
26th „ 
24 
13 
Bhanu Deva III 
3 
27th „ 
26 
Puri. 
14 
Nrsimha Deva IV 
8 
Reigning in 
24th year. 
It will be seen that the figures in col. 4 generally vary from those 
in col. 5. Primd facie, however, the years which have been deduced 
from verified dates must be more reliable than the monthless tradi¬ 
tionary years given in the copperplates. 
Reconcilement of their ^ is possible, however, to reconcile the 
differences. discrepancies in most cases :— 
i. The difference of one year or a little more may be due to the 
omissions of months: e.g. t the differences in Nos. 11, 12, and 13 dis¬ 
appear when their total is made up, which (74) is the same both in 
cols. 4 and 5 (in col. 4, faka 1227/8 to faka 1300/1; and in col. 5, 24 + 
24+26). 
ii. The difference in No. 1 may be due either to the tradition 
