Location of the Gajapati Empire and neighbouring polities, circa 1500 CE.[1]
Status
Empire
Capital
Cuttack
Common languages
Odia (court language, literature)[2][3]
Sanskrit (religious)[4]
Other Indian languages
Religion
Hinduism
Government
Monarchy
Gajapati
• 1434–67
Kapilendra Deva
• 1467–97
Purushottama Deva
• 1497–1540
Prataprudra Deva
• 1540–1541
Kalua Deva
• 1541
Kakharua Deva
Historical era
Medieval India
• Established
1434
• Disestablished
1541
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Eastern Ganga dynasty
Bhoi dynasty
Bahmani Sultanate
Vijayanagara Empire
Golconda Sultanate
The Gajapati Empire,[5][6] was an empire established by the Suryavamsa (IAST: Sūryavaṃśa, "Solar dynasty")[7][8][9] dynasty or Routray dynasty,[10] who were a medieval Hindu dynasty in the Indian subcontinent. It originated in the region of Trikalinga (most of the present-day Odisha and Northern Coastal Andhra) and reigned from 1434 to 1541 CE. It succeeded the reign of the Eastern Gangas. Under the Emperor Kapilendra Deva, the Gajapati empire stretched from lower Ganga in the north to Kaveri in the south.[11][12][13]
The Gajapati dynasty was established by Emperor Kapilendra Deva (1434–66 CE) in 1434. During the reign of Kapilendra Deva, the borders of the empire expanded immensely; Gajapati Empire acquired large parts of Andhra Pradesh and western regions of West Bengal,[14] it also included the eastern and central parts of Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand. Purushottama Deva and Prataparudra Deva are two other significant emperors from this dynasty. The last emperor Kakharua Deva was killed by Govinda Vidyadhara in 1541, who founded the Bhoi dynasty.
The Gajapati Emperors patronized Vaishnavite Hinduism and were ardent devotees of the God Vishnu. They also commissioned many temples dedicated to the God Vishnu.[15]
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^Tripathī, Kunjabihari (1962). The Evolution of Oriya Language and Script. Utkal University. p. 19. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^Mansinha, Mayadhar (1962). History of Oriya Literature. Sahitya Akademi. p. 50. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^Srichandan, G. K. (February–March 2011). "Classicism of Odia Language" (PDF). Orissa Review. p. 54. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
^Mishra, Patit Paban (11 January 2016). "Eastern Ganga and Gajapati empires". The Encyclopedia of Empire. The Encyclopedia of Empire. pp. 1–4. doi:10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe402. ISBN 9781118455074.
^Panda, Shishir Kumar (2008), "Gajapati Kingship and the Cult of Jagannatha: A Study on the Chhamu Chitaus (Royal Letters)", Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 69, Indian History Congress: 225–229, JSTOR 44147183, empire...Suryavamsi Gajapatis
^Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra; Pusalker, A. D.; Majumdar, A. K., eds. (1960). The History and Culture of the Indian People Volume=VI: The Delhi Sultanate. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 365. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
^Hermann Kulke (1976), Kshatriyaization and social change: A Study in Orissa setting(PDF), Popular Prakashan, p. 402, archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2021, retrieved 2 July 2021, Suryavamsa...kings of the Suryavamsa(1435-1540)
^Sen, Sailendra Nath (15 March 2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Midpoint Trade Books Incorporated. pp. 121–122. ISBN 978-93-80607-34-4.
^Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 121–122. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
^Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra; Pusalker, A. D.; Majumdar, A. K., eds. (1960). The History and Culture of the Indian People. Vol. VI: The Delhi Sultanate. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 367. [Describing the Gajapati kings of Orissa] Kapilendra was the most powerful Hindu king of his time, and under him Orissa became an empire stretching from the lower Ganga in the north to the Kaveri in the south.
^Mishra, Patit Paban (January 2016). Eastern Ganga and Gajapati empires.
^Sengupta, Debapriya; Saha, Goutam (25 February 2016). "Identification of the major language families of India and evaluation of their mutual influence". Current Science. 110 (4). Current Science Association: 676. doi:10.18520/cs/v110/i4/667-681. JSTOR 24907928.
^R.C.Majumdar, A.D.Pusalker, A.K.Majumdar (1967). The History and Culture of the Indian People, The Delhi Sultanate, Volume:-6. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 366.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^B. Hemalatha (1991). Life in Medieval Northern Andhra: Based on the Inscriptions from the Temples of Mukhalingam, Srikurmam, and Simhachalam. Navrang Publishing. p. 81. ISBN 9788170130864. The study of Gajapati temples reveals that they patronized Vaishnavism . Purushottama Gajapati called himself Parama - Vaishnava in an undated inscription found at Draksharama.
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