History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c23.37.2

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Jitāṅkuśa was succeeded by his nephew Kaligalāṅkuśa, who ruled for twelve years and was succeeded by his father’s father Guṇḍama I, who ruled for seven years. He was evidently a son of Guṇārṇava II and a brother of Gitāṅkuśa. Guṇḍama was succeeded by his younger brother Kāmārṇava IV, who ruled for twenty-five years, and he by his younger brother Vinayāditya, who ruled for three years. Guṇārṇava II was thus succeeded by four of his sons and one grandson. The succession was thus carried on further by another grandson of Guṇārṇava II, Vajrahasta IV, a son of Kāmārṇava IV, who ruled for thirty-five years. He was succeeded by his son Kāmārṇava V, who ruled for six months only. Guṇḍama II, his younger brother, succeeded him and ruled for three years. He was succeeded by his step-brother Madhu-Kāmārṇava VI, who ruled for nineteen years. His son and successor, Vajrahasta V, was the first to assume the title of Tri-Kaling-ādhipati, and ruled for thirty years. His son Rājarāja I, who married the Chola princess Rājasundarī, a daughter of Rājendra Choḷa II of Veṅgi, i. e., Kuloṭṭuṅga I of Tanjore. Rājarāja I ruled for eight years and was succeeded by his son, Anantavarman Choḍagaṅga. A slightly different chronology is provided in the Nadagam plates, of Vajrāhasta of the Śaka year 979. In the lineage of the Gaṅgas of Tri-Kaliṅga was the Mahārāja Guṇamahārṇava. His son Vajrahasta reigned for forty-four years.