History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c24.35

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Rāghava, the younger brother and successor of Kāmārṇava, is not known from any inscriptions. His date has been fixed from the calculations of the dates of his successor Rājarāja II. As the latter ascended the throne in Śaka 1092, the accession of his predecessor Rāghava falls in Śaka 1078=1156 A.D., because the latter ruled for 15 years according to the copper plates discovered at Puri and Kenduapatna. Rāghava’s mother Indirādevī was a princess of the Ravi-kula or the Sūrya-vaṃśa. Most probably both Kāmārṇava and Rāghava died childless and therefore a third son of Anantavarman Choḍagaṅga named Rājarāja obtained the throne in the Śaka year 1092=1170 A.D. The earliest known date of this king is Śaka 1093=1171 A.D., which was his third Aṅka. His latest known date is the Śaka year 1110=1188 A.D. From the calculations of the dates of the next king it has been determined that his last year was Śaka 1112=1190 A.D. The Puri and Kenduapatna plates credit him with a reign of 25 years, but this must be an Aṅka figure, because Rājarāja’s successor, Anaṅgabhīma II, was actually on the throne in 1190 A.D. Rājarāja II, was the son of Anantavarman Choḍagaṅga by queen Chandralekhā. He married Suramā, the sister of Svapneśvaradeva, who erected the Megheśvara temple at Bhuvaneśvara.¹ In his old age he handed over the kingdom to his younger brother Anangabhima II. The inscriptions of Rajaraja II also are to be found only at Mukhalingam. The last year of the reign of Rajaraja II has been calculated from the inscriptions of Anangabhima II, who ascended the throne in 1190 A. D.