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Suryavamsa Gajapatis | |||||||||||||||
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| 1434–1541 | |||||||||||||||
![The dynasty's greatest extent under Kapilendra Deva, with briefly held territories in a lighter colour and dashed border[1]](view_image.php?q=Gajapati_Empire&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:Map_of_the_Gajapatis.png) The dynasty's greatest extent under Kapilendra Deva, with briefly held territories in a lighter colour and dashed border[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Cuttack | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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The Gajapati Empire[5] was a medieval Hindu monarchy in the Indian subcontinent, originally from the region of Odisha that reigned from c.1434 to 1541. It succeeded the Eastern Gangas as the Gajapati monarchs and was founded by Kapilendra Deva of Suryavamsa lineage after the death of the last ruler of Eastern Ganga Dynasty Bhanu Deva IV. At its peak, it ruled over an empire stretching from the Ganges in the north to the Kaveri in the south, comprising large parts of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and some parts of western regions of West Bengal.[6] Their Capital was Kataka.[7]
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The Gajapati kings patronized Vaishnavite Hinduism and were ardent devotees of the God Vishnu. They also commissioned many temples dedicated to the God Vishnu.[8]
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The study of Gajapati temples reveals that they patronized Vaishnavism . Purushottama Gajapati called himself Parama - Vaishnava in an undated inscription found at Draksharama.