The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s5.278

v1.c17.s5.278

In the Kendupatna plates Aniyaṅkadeva is said to have ruled for 10 years. The lower limit of his reign is fixed by the *Śaka* year 1128, the 11th year of his successor.⁴ The Cāṭeśvara stone-inscription of Anaṅgabhīma III gives us the name of |*dvijendra* Govinda as one of his ministers.⁵ Anaṅgabhīma was succeeded by Anantavarmā Rājarāja III, his son through his queen, the *paṭṭamahīṣī* Bhāgalla-devī. The only record known for his reign is his *Srikurmam stone-inscription*. This is incised on a slab to the left of the south entrance to the *Bhoga-maṇḍapa* in the Kūrmeśvara temple at Srikurmam, and records the gift of a lamp in the 11th year of Anantavarman in *Śaka* 1128. Its language and alphabet are Telugu.⁶ The Kendupatna plates assign him a reign of 17 years.¹ The only important incident during his reign appears to have been the first Muslim attack on Orissa. The *Ṭabaqāt-i-Nāṣirī* tells us that when Muhammad-i-Bakht-yār led his troops towards the mountains of Kāmrūd and Tibet, he had dispatched the two Khalj Amīrs Muḥammad-i-Sheran and his brother Aḥmad-i-Sheran, "with a portion of his forces towards Lakhaṇ-or and Jāj-nagar."² According to Raverty this expedition took place towards the close of 601 A.H., or about 1205 A.D.³ We are told that when the news of the death of Muḥammad-i-Bakht-yār reached Muḥammad-i-Sheran "he came back from that quarter and returned again to Dīw-koṭ." The expedition therefore terminated in 602 A.H.