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Lakshmaparāja III, his great-grandson, must therefore have flourished about A. D. 700 and 860 respectively. Though Lakshmanarāja III of the Kasiā inscription thus flourished about the same time as the Lakshmanarāja of the present inscription, the two are not likely to be identical ; for none of the descendants of the former can be identified with the Kalachuri princes mentioned in the Bilhări inscription and the Benares plates, who were evidently the successors of the Lakshmanarāja of the present inscription.
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