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Kapilendra Deva
Gajapati Routaray Brhamarvara
1st Gajapati Emperor
Reign
1434 CE – 1467 CE
Coronation
29 June 1435 Bhubaneswar, Gajapati Empire (present-day Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India)
Predecessor
Bhanu Deva IV
Successor
Purushottama Deva
Died
1467 Banks of Krishna River
Spouse
Rupambika, Parvati Devi, etc.
Issue
Hamvira Deva Purushottama Deva
House
Suryavamsha
Father
Jageswara
Mother
Belama
Religion
Hinduism
Kapilendra Deva (Odia: କପିଳେନ୍ଦ୍ର ଦେବ; r. 1434–1467 CE)[1] was the founder of the Suryavamsa Gajapati Empire that ruled parts of eastern and southern India with the present-day Odisha as the center of the empire.[2][3][4][5] He ascended to the throne after staging a military coup against the preceding and the last ruler from the Eastern Ganga dynasty, Bhanu Deva IV. He is also referred to as Kapilendra Routray or Sri Sri Kapilendra Deva.[6] Kapilendra claimed descent from the Surya Vamsha of the Mahābhārata and was conferred the regnal title Shri Shri ...(108 times) Gajapati Gaudeshwara NabaKoti Karnata Kalabargeswara i.e. the Lord of Bengal (Gauda), the lord of the Karnataka region or Vijayanagara, the Lord of Kalaburagi and of nine crore (90 million) subjects.
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KapilendraDeva (Odia: କପିଳେନ୍ଦ୍ର ଦେବ; r. 1434–1467 CE) was the founder of the Suryavamsa Gajapati Empire that ruled parts of eastern and southern India...
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rebelling governors. By 1491, he lost Udayagiri to the Gajapati Monarch KapilendraDeva while the Chiefs of Ummattur in the Mysore region, Saluvas of Hadavalli...
invasion of Bidar in 1461 was a significant military expedition by KapilendraDeva of the Gajapati Empire against the Bahmani Sultanate. This event unfolded...
dynasty. In about 1450, KapilendraDeva installed his eldest son, Hamira, as the governor of Rajamundry and Kondavidu. KapilendraDeva managed spread his kingdom...
the time. Dasa, born in 15th century Odisha under Gajapati emperor KapilendraDeva, was acclaimed as the "Adikabi" or first poet. The reign of the Gajapatis...
which was typical in the presence of a regency. The Gajapati Emperor, KapilendraDeva, saw fit to invade the Bahmani kingdom and reached as far as ten miles...
respectively. The rulers like KapilendraDeva, Purushottama Deva, Prataparudra Deva of Suryavansha dynasty and Ramachandra Deva of Bhoi dynasty patronised...
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century, calls the region 'Odra Rashtra' as Odisha. The inscriptions of KapilendraDeva of the Gajapati Kingdom (1435–67) on the walls of temples in Puri call...
Pitrbhaktas. The last Eastern Ganga ruler Bhanudeva IV was dethroned by KapilendraDeva in 1435. This event marked the foundation of the Gajapati Empire that...
patrimony. Purushottam Deva became the second King of the Gajapati Empire following the demise of his father, KapilendraDeva. In 1461, seizing an opportunity...
Deva Raya II (r. 1422–1446 CE) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire. The greatest of the Sangama dynasty rulers, he was an able administrator, warrior...
at the height of their power in the 15th century under the reign of Kapilendradeva, the first Suryavamsi Gajapati emperor, the boundary of the Kalinga...
Sivakara Deva I Ramachandra Deva I Tribhuvana Mahadevi I Anantavarman Chodaganga Anangabhima Deva III Narasingha Deva I KapilendraDeva Purushottama Deva Prataparudra...
Bengal and Odisha. The monarch of Odisha at that time was the legendary KapilendraDeva Gajapati. The Odia forces defeated the Jaunpur Sultanate comprehensively...
Vijayanagara ruler Deva Raya II defeated Veera Bhadra, who was then ruling this kingdom and reduced it to subjection. After the death of KapilendraDeva Gajapati...
KapilendraDeva. Kajjala Bhanu or Bhanu Deva IV Svarna Bhanu Kalasandha Deva Chudanga Deva Harimani Deva Narasimha Deva Ananta Deva Padmanabha Deva Pitambara...
Eastern Ganga dynasty , this area ruled by mighty Gajapati Empire.Under KapilendraDeva, Gajapatis became an empire stretching from the lower Ganga in the...
writing his Mahabharata in the reign of Kapileswar, otherwise known as KapilendraDeva, the famous Gajapati king of Odisha (AD 1435–67). He tells us that...
kingdom was conferred to him by KapilendraDeva, who also claimed to belong to Suryavansha, to one of the scions of Kapilendra's family as a mark of favor....
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