The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c14.100

v1.c14.100

There is a substantial agreement amongst all the other authorities about these names. Among the minor variations may be mentioned the omission of Śaktikumāra and the addition of Karmasiṁhadeva in the prologue of the drama *Mudita-Kuvalayāśva* and the addition of Harideva by the chronicles of Wright and Bhagwanlal. Attention may be drawn to the forms of names *Bhāvasiṁhadeva* and *Narasiṁhadeva* given in the drama, which appear to stand for Bhūpālasiṁha and Nṛsiṁha of the inscription.¹ There is however considerable variation in the order of succession and the years of reign assigned to these princes in the different authorities, though there is again a surprising agreement in the total number of years assigned by them to the princes who ruled before Harisiṁha. The total reign-period given is either 219 or 226 years, which, as we shall see later on, is nearly the exact period that intervened between Nānyadeva (*c.* 1097 A. D.) and Harisiṁhadeva (*c.* 1324 A.D).² But all these successors of Nānyadeva who ruled before 1324 appear to us as mere names. Tradition has failed to record any notable achievements in their favour. It is however not improbable that from their capital at Simraon they may have claimed a sort of loose hegemony over the local princes of the Nepal valley.