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hold a subordinate position, went to Benares, did penance to Kási Visvésvarasvámi there, and was told by the god in a dream to go to the kingdom of Nandapuram belonging to the Silavamsam line, of which he would become king. Vínáyaka Deo, continue the legends, proceeded thither, married the king's daughter, succeeded in 1443 A.D. to the famous throne of 32 steps there, and founded the family of Jeypore.1[1] His dates and those of his descendants (all of whom bore the title of Deo) may be quoted here at once for reference: —

Vináyaka Deo1443-76
His son Vijaya Chandrakhya1476-1510
His son Bhairava1510-27
His son Visvanádha1527-71
His son Balaráma I1571-97
His son Yesvanta1597-1637
His son Vira Vikrama1637-69
His son Krishna1669-72
His son Visvambara I1672-76
His brother Mallakimardhana Krishna1676-81
His brother Hari1681-84
His brother Balaráma II1684-86
His adopted son Raghunátha Krishna1686-1708
His son Rámachandra I1708-11
His brother Balaráma III1711-13
His brother Visvambara II1713-52
His step-brother Lála Krishna1752-58
His brother Vikrama I1758-81
His son Rámachandra II1781-1825
His son Vikrama I1825-60
His son Rámachandra III1860-89
His son Vikrama III1889

Not long after his accession, some of his subjects rose against him, but he recovered his position with the help of a leader of Brinjáris; and ever since then, in grateful recognition, his descendants have appended to their signatures a wavy line (called valatradu) which represents the rope with which Brinjáris tether their cattle.

Vináyaka Deo and his six successors, say the family papers, had each only one son; and the sixth of them, Víra Vikrama (1637-69) accordingly resolved to remove his residence elsewhere. The astrologers and wise men reported that the present Jeypore

  1. ↑ 1 Mr. Oram's report of 1784 on the estate says that the family is descended from a Rája who was a favourite of an ancient king of Jagannáth and sovereign of the Northern Circars, and was given his daughter in marriage and this tributary principality as her dower.
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