Thread by @VAdkri

Past Glory of Gajapatis~
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Dated back to 9thce AD the Kalinga Rulers were known as"Gajapati" where gaja literally means elephants & pati means the master.
After amalgamtion
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(picture of Utkala's kurmabedha durga presently known as kurumbera fortWB)

Of Kalingotkala Anantavarma invaded the Samantha chakra king Ram Pala,Who basically belong to Gouda desha
*Rama pal captured Ganga river plane of utkala when karnadeva was weakened.
But again in 1119 Anantavarma defeated pala king and took his rights back at Mandaragada
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Before anantavarma , Mahapratapi Emperor Yajati Mahasivagupta also ruled the land of Bongadesha.
* Coming to topic the Eastern Ganga ruler Anantavarma Chodaganga Deba, We found Prasasti In an WB inscription
That:~
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Ref: Inscription of Bengal Volume 3

Translation of above inscription-
The bongs king (mandaradhipti-Palaking) was killed in river plane of ganga(present highlight dist) by Kalinga E.Ganga King .
(Ref: inscription of bengal, vol3)
*After defeating him in aaramyagada move towards Sen Kingdome
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Watching to the mandara fort owner the king of sen dynasty Bijay kept his friendship relation with making a king before any future invasion.
*After this he used to (bijay)call him self as Chodaganga Sakha,means= friend of Chodaganga. Which we can found in deopara copper plate
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After this banga invasion Anantavarma Chodaganga Deva gave a Shasana (village) called Gangeswarapura to a bramhin near Kokoi .*Presently the Gangeswara known as Gaganeswar.
Which we found in his old capital Nagari Kataka prasastimaala jayakatha .
The inscription is
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శ్రీమాదంటవర్మ దేవార ప్రవర్ధ నామ విజయ రాజ్య సంవత్సరవులు ౬౫ గు శ్రహి କାର୍ତ୍ତିକ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣିମା ଗୁରୁବାର ମୂଳ ବିହାର వడబితా శ్రీ పదములు ଗଙ୍ଗା ସ୍ନାନମୁ చేయున అవసరము ఆల్మ్ చోడగంగాదేవా రాజు శ్రీపడములుకు విజయమూసేసి ××× ଆଚାର୍ଯ୍ୟ భోగంహ్ పుట్టేస్తును ×××.
Translation:-
After ganga invasion
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Ananantavarma gifted a village on his name at Banga desha in Kartika purnami Thursday which is an auspicious day in Kalinga.
* Where he started him self as
"Nava Navati Sahasra Kunjaradhiswara".
Where Kunjara= elephant, and adhiswara = owner/swamy
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After End of A Ganga_Gajapati era , kalinga saw solar clan Gajapati ruling over India.
*When Kapilendra Deva took over the throne, hostile Muslim powers like the Sultan of Jaunpur (Mahmud Shah), Bahmani Sultanate and the young ruler of Bengal Samsuddin Ahmad Shah were
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continuously preparing to invade Odisha. 
*Coming to the Northern territory He built the massive kurumabedha Durga in Gangeswara village 1438-69
An inscription in the Jagannath temple of Puri that is dated to the year 1450 A.D narrates the conquest
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The fort of Kurumbera

of Gauda by Kapilendra Deva after defeating Malik Padsah which in short refers to the contemporary sultan of Bengal by the name Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah.
*After this victory, He accepts the title epithet of 'Gaudeswara' =lord of Gauda
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Odia inscription of Kurumbera WestBangal

kurumbera fort explain about his Virudavali as =

Navakoti Karnata Kalabargeswara Gajapati Goudeswara Sri Sri Kapileswara Deva

*Means the Lord of Nine forts(viz kondavidu,Chandragiri,Arcot.) Karnata kalabargi(gulbarga region) Goudeswara=Bengal Owner
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To be continued..