The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.587

v2.c31.587

These inscriptions cover a period of about 60 years, from 1235 to 1296 V. S. (*c.* 1178-1238 A.D.). According to the *Prabandha-cintāmaṇi*, Bhīma II reigned for 63 years from V.S. 1235.⁴ According to Merutuṅga's *Therāvalī* he ascended the throne in V.S. 1234, *Caitra* 14, and apparently continued to reign till V.S. 1300, when Vīsaladeva came to the throne.⁵ As the epigraphic and literary evidences agree in assigning Bhīma a long reign, it is likely that he really ruled from *c.* 1235 to about 1298 V.S. (A.D. 1178-1241).