Anantavarman Chodaganga

Anantavarman Chodaganga
Trikalingadhipati
Gangesvara
Paramavaishnava
Kunjaradhipati
Sculpture of Chodaganga Deva at Chudanga Sahi, Puri
Eastern Ganga Emperor
Reign17 February 1078–1150[1]
CoronationFebruary 17, 1078
PredecessorRajaraja Deva I
SuccessorKamarnnava Deva
BornKalinganagari, Kalinga, Eastern Ganga dynasty (modern day Srimukhalingam, Andhrapradesh)
Died1150
Kataka, Kalinga, Eastern Ganga dynasty, (modern day Cuttack,Odisha)
SpouseChodadevi

Kasturikamodini
Indira devi
Lakshmi

Chandralekha
IssueKamarnnava Deva
Regnal name
Kunjaradhipati Gangesvara Anantavarman Chodaganga deva
HouseEastern Ganga dynasty
FatherRajaraja Deva I
MotherRajasundari
ReligionHinduism

Gangesvara Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva (reigned 17 February 1078 – 1150) was an Eastern Ganga monarch who reigned between 1078 and 1150. He was a great patron of arts and architecture who built many temples, one of them being the magnificent Jagannath Temple[2] in Puri. He was the ruler of the Kalinga region from river Ganga to Godavari[3] and later the early medieval Odisha region with the incorporation of the constituent regions with the decline of the Somavamshis.[4][5] He is often considered as the founder and significant ruler of Eastern ganga dynasty.[2]

  1. ^ "Full text of "Historical Inscriptions Of Southern India"". Internet Archive. Kitabistam,Allahabad. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b Tripathy, Dr. Kunjabihari (1972). "No 1 - Introduction". A Brief History of Oriya Literature. Vol. 1 -Part I. Berhampur-1, Ganjam ,Odisha: Bijoy Book Store. pp. e–f.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ Haldar, Narotam (1988). Gangaridi - Alochana O Parjalochana.
  4. ^ Rajaguru, Satyanarayan (1960). Inscriptions of Orissa, Volume III, Part I. Bhubaneswar: Orissa Sahitya Akademi. pp. 174, 175.
  5. ^ * Walter Smith (1994). The Mukteśvara Temple in Bhubaneswar. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 26. ISBN 978-81-208-0793-8.

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