Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c42.7

v1.c42.7

This approximation has been considerably narrowed down to the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century by the identification of king Narasimha of Kaliṅga, panegyrised in the illustrative verses of the work, with Narasimha II of Kaliṅga, whose dates fall between 1280 and 1314. The patron of our author is described as one who crushed the pride of Hammīra (pp. 176, 177, 257, 260), who is probably the famous Cauhan prince, the hero of Nayacandra Sūri’s poem⁴, who began his reign about 1283 A. D., and attempted a conquest of Southern countries. All this makes it probable that the *Ekāvalī* was composed towards the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century.