History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c17.12

v1.c17.12

Of the kings mentioned as the ancestors of Lolabhāra, neither Unmaṭṭasiṃha nor Gayāḍa are known from other inscriptions. It is absolutely impossible to identify king Gayāḍa, the ancestor of Lolabhāra, with Gayāḍa of the Tuṅga family, the descendant of Salāṇatuṅga and Jagaṭṭuṅga. Of Lolabhāra and his sons Kusumabhāra and Lalitabhāra no details are given in any of the three inscriptions of Daṇḍi Mahādevī. Tribhuvana Mahādevī was the widow of Lalitabhāra and she has left a good deal of information in a grant discovered in the Dhenkanal State. This was issued from Śubheśvara-pāṭaka, the capital of Śubhakara. The kings Unmaṭṭakesari and Gayāḍa are mentioned among the early ancestors. Then we are introduced to a chief of Southern India who had saved the Kara family when it had fallen on evil days. Tribhuvana Mahādevī was the daughter of Rājamalla and was married to Lalitabhāradeva. Evidently upon the death of her husband the queen was persuaded by the ascetic Purāyidevi and the principal feudatories to ascend the throne. Her titles are *Parama-bhaṭṭārikā-Mahārājādhirāja-Parameśvarī* and she is styled the devout worshipper of Viṣṇu.