Kapilendra Deva

Kapilendra Deva
Gajapati
Virashree
Rajadhiraja
Routaray
Brhamarvara
Gaudeshwara
karnata kalabargeswara
Gajapati
Reign1434–1467
Coronation29 June 1435
Bhubaneswar, Gajapati Kingdom
Predecessor
Bhanudeva IV
(King of Trikalinga)
SuccessorPurushottama Deva
King of Gauda
Reign1450–1467
King of Karnata and Kalabarga
Reign1464–1467
Died1467
Banks of Krishna River
SpouseRupambika, Parvati Devi, etc.
IssueHamvira Deva
Purushottama Deva
HouseSuryavamsha
FatherJageswara
MotherBelama
ReligionHinduism

Kapilendra Deva[a] (died 1467)[1] was the founder of the Suryavamsa Gajapati dynasty that ruled parts of eastern and southern India with the present-day Odisha as the center of the kingdom.[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, Bhanudeva IV.

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.[6]

He defeated the Muslim forces like the Sultan of Jaunpur (Mahmud Shah), Bahmani Sultanate and the young ruler of Bengal Samsuddin Ahmad Shah who were continuously preparing to invade Odisha and had continous rivalry with powerful kings such as Deva Raya II of Vijayanagara along with Reddys of Rajmahendri.[7][8][9][10]


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