History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c27.32

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Narasimha IV, the last known king of the Eastern Gaṅga dynasty, was a son of Bhānudeva III by the qeen Hirādevī of the Chālukya family. Orissa continued to be the happy hunting ground of the neighbouring monarchs, specially the Musalman kings. Narasimh IV is known from two copper plate grants discovered in the town of Puri; the first of these was found in Maṭh Tirmali, opposite the Northern gate of the temple of Jagannātha at Puri, while the second one was discovered in Maṭh Saṅkarānanda about a mile and a half from the same temple. These two inscriptions give us the entire genealogy, mythical and real, of the Eastern Gaṅga dynasty, from the Moon to Narasimha IV. Besides these two copper plate inscriptions, Narasimha IV is known from at least five other inscriptions discovered at Śrī-Kurmam. According to Puri copper plates issued from Vārāṇasī-Kaṭaka, *i. e.*, Cuttack, in the Śaka year 1305, which was the eight Aṅka, the village of Kinari was granted. The equivalent of the date is 6th March 1384. By the second Puri Copper plate which was issued from the same place in the Śaka year 1316 which corresponded to the 22nd Aṅka, some land measuring 30 vāṭikās was given away. The late Mr.