The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c29.s2.111.4

v2.c29.s2.111.4

1019) *Āṣāḍha vadi* 4, *Mahārājādhirāja puṇyāvaloka Somavaṁśodbhava Gauḍa-dhvaja Śrīmad-Gāṅgeyadeva-bhujyamāna-Tīrabhuktau Kalyāṇa-vijaya-rājye*.¹ Similarly it is not impossible that he may have attacked the rulers of Orissa from some base in the Bilaspur district by following the downward course of the Mahanadi.² In his hostility to the kings of the Kanarese districts (Kuntala) he was carrying on the policy laid down by his predecessor Yuvarāja II. The defeated Kuntala king was most probably Vikramāditya V Tribhuvanamalla (*c.* 1009-1011 A.D.), the grandson of Taila II. The only recorded instance of the defeat of Gāṅgeyadeva is probably found in the statement of the *Pārijātamañjarī* of Madana which tells us that (the Paramāra king) Bhoja (*c.* 1010-55 A.D.) "had his desires speedily fulfilled for a long time at the festive defeat of Gāṅgeya" (*Gāṅgeya-bhaṅg-otsava*).³ Hultzsch rightly identified this prince with the Tripurī Kalacuri Gāṅgeya.