139 
1903.] M. Chakravarti —"Eastern Garjga Icings of Orissa. 
He was son of Bhanu Deva III through his queen Hira Devi of 
Galukya Kula. His name has been variously 
Belationship and titles. Tr _ AT . . T ^ r - n - 
written as Vira-Nrsimha-deva, V lra-yn- 
Narasimha Deva, vira-^ri-Nrsimha Deva, and in the copperplates he has 
been given virudas beginning with “ caturdafa-bhuvan-adhipati.” 
If this is not an oriental hyperbole, the first king of the Shark! 
. dynasty, Khwajah-i-Jah an, who ruled Jun pur 
Historical facts. frQm 796 to 802 A . H ., is said to have com¬ 
pelled Lakhanawati and Jaj-nagar to pay him tributes. In 815 A.H. 
Sultan Firuz of the Bahmani dynasty entered Jaj-nagar and carried off 
a number of elephants. 
In 825 A.H., Husan-ud-din Hoshang, the second independent king 
of Malwah, made an adventurous raid into Jaj-nagar, which is thus des¬ 
cribed in the Ain-i-Akbari :— 
“ On one occasion cunningly disguised as a merchant, he set out 
for Jaj-nagar. The ruler of that country accompanied by a small retinue 
visited the caravan. Hoshang took him prisoner and hastened back. 
While journeying together, Hoshang told him that he had been induced 
to undertake this expedition in order to procure a supply of elephants, 
and added that if his people attempted a rescue, the prince’s life should 
pay the penalty. The prince, therefore, sending for a number of valuable 
elephants, presented them to him and was set at liberty.” 
XV. The Dark Period. 
[P gaka 1346 — faka 1356-7.] 
This period has no inscriptions and is .thus shrouded in darkness. 
According to the Madala Panji or Chronicles 
? Bhanu Deva IV. j a g ann atha temple, the last king of Garj- 
ga-vamga was Bhanu I)eva (P IV) surnamed Akata-Abatd , and accord¬ 
ing to one version Matta. When he died, his minister Kapilendra 
alias Kapile 9 vara Deva usurped the throne and founded the Suryya- 
vamQa. His inscriptions show his reign to have begun in faka 1356-7 
or A.D. 1434-5. [See my article on the Suryya-vamca kings, J.A.S.B., 
1900, p. 180 et seq ,] 
