History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c17.16

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The Dhenkanal plate of Tribhuvana Mahādevī proves that she came to the throne after Śāntikara. In the period which followed the death of her husband, Lalitabhāra, and his son, Śāntikara, there were disturbances which were quelled by her father Rājamalla. In the Dhenkanal plate this chief is simply called "The mark on the forehead of the Southern region." The only kings of this name known to us are the Western Chālukya king Vikramāditya I¹ and the three Western Gaṅga chiefs of that name. Out of these three, Rāchamalla or Rājamalla I is too early. The king referred to may be Rājamalla II whose Narasapur plates were issued in S. 824-902 A. D.² These identifications depend upon the probabilities of the Karas using the so-called Gaṅga era and that era having started from 778 A. D.