Vishwanath Dev Gajapati
Vishwanath Dev Gajapati | |
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Kalingadhipati, Gajapati, Nauna-Gajapati | |
Raja of Nandapura (1527), Maharajah of Kalinga (1551) | |
Reign | 1527–1571 |
Predecessor | Bhairava Deva |
Successor | Balarama Deva I |
Ministers | Mukunda Harichandana |
Born | 1500 Nandapura, Odisha |
Died | 1571 Rayagada, Odisha | (aged 70–71)
Issue | Balarama Deva I |
Dynasty | Shankara dynasty |
Father | Bhairava Deva |
Religion | Hinduism |
Vishwanath Dev Gajapati was the king of Kalinga who established a kingdom in the region of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, historically known as Kalinga. He belonged to the Shankara dynasty that was installed in the region by his great-grandfather Vinayaka Dev and his wife Lilavati. The Silavamsa king Pratap Ganga Raja died without any male heir, only leaving behind his wife and daughter Lilavati. Vinayak Dev who migrated from Jammu or Kashmir after praying to Kashi Vishwanath married Lilavati. Accordingly, the dynasty was called Shankara dynasty. Vinayak Dev also claimed to belong to the legendary Solar dynasty or Suryavansh.[1]
Early life
Vishwanath Dev was the son of Rajah Bhairav Dev of Nandapur who were a vassal state of the Gajapatis. The Suryavansh dynasty arrived in the region in mid-15th century from Kashmir with the arrival of Vinayak Dev who married Princess Lilavati the daughter of last Silavamsi ruler and ascended the small kingdom of Nandapur. Later, Vinayak conquered the southern territories up to
Reign
After the death of
...Wistna Dev (Vishwanath Dev), a powerful prince of Odisha, having united under his sceptre all the ancient domains from the confines of Bengal and Jhadkhand to those of Telangana on the south, which contained in his fold innumerable feudatories that paid homage to his royal seat...[5]
He built the city of
Aftermath and death
Mukunda Dev rebelled and killed the last two successors of the Bhoi dynasty and also crushed the rebellion of Raghubhanj Chottaray. He declared himself an independent ruler in 1559 but
References
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- ^ Vadivelu 1903, p. 69.
- ^ a b O'Malley 2007, p. 30.
- ^ Singh Deo 1939, p. 24.
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- ^ Singh Deo 1939, p. 25.
- ^ Singh Deo 1939, p. 22.
- ^ Briggs 2015, pp. 362 & 364.
- ^ Taradatt 2015, p. 43.
- Singh Deo, Kumar Bidyadhar (1939). Nandapur A Forsaken Kingdom. Utkal Sahitya Press. ]
- Taradatt (2015). Odisha District Gazetteers: Nabarangapur (PDF). Government of Odisha. ISBN 978-81-86772-17-1.
- A Vadivelu (1903). The Aristocracy of Southern India. Vest and Co.
- O'Malley, L.S.S. (2007). Bengal District Gazetteer: Nabarangapur. Government of Odisha. ISBN 978-81-86772-17-1.
- Briggs, John (2015). History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India, till the Year AD 1612. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-81-86772-17-1.