120 
M. Chakra varti —Eastern Gaygn kings of Orissa. 
[No. 2, 
the anterior limit of the Cate^vara inscription also. Several years would 
have elapsed between the minister Visnu’s fight with the Yavanas and 
the finishing of the temple. So, Circa 1120 A.D. may be taken as the 
likely date of the composition of the temple inscription. 
Dr. Hoernle published in Plate YI, one gold coin (No. 22), which 
has got the letters “ Cri ana ” and “ sa ” below them (Samvat), and two 
figures which I would read “ 24.” Dr. Hultzsch took “ ana ” to mean 
Anantavarmman ; but as I pointed out in my letter to Dr. Hoernle, dated 
10th July, 1898, “ana” is more likely the abbreviation of a name, 
as Anaijga Bhima, than an abbreviation of a common title like Ananta¬ 
varmman. If this view be correct, then No. 22 is applicable only to 
Anaqga Bhima Deva III, whose regnal years exceeded 24. 
The temples of Mukhaliggam or prikurmam do not unfortunately 
contain any direct inscriptions of this king, but there are some which 
contain references to him. In No. 307 of prikurmam, dated 1172 paka, 
Pratapa-vira-Narasimha Deva, son of Anaijga Bhima Deva, was ruling. 
In No. 349 of prikurmam, dated paka 1177, certain lands in Ippili 
which had been previously granted by the king Anarjga Bhima, were 
regranted; No. 298 of prikurmam, dated paka 1205, mentions a gift of 
lamp by the wife of one Nrsirhha Bhattopadhyaya who was a contem¬ 
porary of the king Anaqga-Bhima; No. 296 of prikiirmam, dated paka 
1205, mentions another grant of the same lady. 
In the Madala Pdnji , this king is said to have been the most 
powerful of the whole family, to have built (in one version finished) the 
temple of Jagannatha, to have surveyed the whole kingdom, and to have 
made numerous grants. None of these statements has as yet been 
corroborated by inscriptions. 
VIII. Nrsimha Deva I. 
=-mc- 1 
[paka 1160 ~ paka 1186.] . J 
Only one inscription of his time has hitherto been found : — 
Materials. 
No. 
Lan¬ 
guage. 
Date-extracts. 
References. 
Remarks. 
1 
Paka-va(*T)?aihbulu 1172 ne[ti] Ma- 
Ep. Rep., No. 307, of 
Verified. 
S. 
kara-Qnkla 13 yu Sdma-varamuna 
Cri-kurmam. 
and 
Pratapa-vira-On-Narasimhya-devara- 
T. 
bhuja-vardhanaga, or paka 1172, 
