History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c26.9

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Anaṅgabhīma III also fought with the Southern Haihayas or Kaḷachuris of Ratnapura. These Chiefs are mentioned as Kings of Tummāṇa, a place which still exists under the same name in the Bilaspur district. The ruins of Tummāṇa have been visited and described by Mr. Hiralal.³ The Kings of Tummāṇa, who were contemporaries of Anaṅgabhīma III, are not known from the contemporary inscription, but they ruled over Bilaspur and Raipur till the Maratha conquest of the country in the middle of the 18th century. According to the inscriptions of Narasimha II and Narasimha IV, Anaṅgabhīma III ruled for 33 or 34 years. These have been correctly taken by Mr. Chakravarti to be Aṅka years; therefore, the 33rd year was really the 27th year of the reign of the King. Anaṅgabhīma III is the first King of the dynasty whose inscriptions have been discovered in Northern Orissa. At least three inscriptions of this King have been discovered on the walls flanking the door of the Jagamohana of the temple of Kṛittivāsa or Liṅgarāja leading to the Nāṭya-mandira,¹ at Bhubaneśvar in the Puri district. The first of these three inscriptions mentions the 4th year after the abhiṣeka, the second is dated Śaka 1145, Dhanu Kṛi 1, Bhaumavāre=9th January 1224 A. D., while the third inscription also contains a date which has not been properly read as yet.