History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c27.24

v1.c27.24

Narasimha III, the son and successor of Bhānudeva II, was born of the queen Lakshmīdevī. According to the Puri plates he also ruled for 24 years. This is a regular regnal year because we possess his inscriptions of the 29th Aṅka which fell in Śaka 1272. He seems to have reigned for more than 26 years, because his son and successor ascended the throne in Śaka 1275 or 1276. Though we possess a very large number of votive inscriptions of this King, very little is known about him. Inscriptions at Śrī-Kurmam range from Śaka 1252 to 1272. We learn from these inscriptions that besides Kamalādevī, the mother of Bhānudeva III, Narasimha III had two other queens, named Gaṅgāmbā or Gaṅgāmbikā and Kommidevāmmā. The King had a daughter named Sītādevī by the last-named queen. One of these votive records from Śrī-Kurmam record the important fact that Bhānudeva III gave to the temple of Śrī-Kurmum images of his father Narasimha III and his step-mother Gaṅgāmbikā holding lamps.²