The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s1.9

v1.c17.s1.9

The identification of the two Śivaguptas was rejected by Fleet on palaeographic considerations. He found after a careful examination of the letters in the inscriptions of the Somavamśīs of Orissa that they could not possibly be placed before A.D. 900, and should on the whole be placed somewhere between A.D. 1000 and 1100.³ The recorded reign-period of the last three princes extends over more than 70 years. At least another 100 years must be assigned to account for the palaeographic differences between the two sets of inscriptions. As the name of the grandson and the grandfather appears to have been the same in the Somavamśī dynasty of Orissa⁴ we must have at least a Bhavagupta, his son Śivagupta and his son Bhavagupta, 3 generations, to fill up the gap between the last king of the Śrīpura and the first king of the Orissa branch. The position may be illustrated by the following table :