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Anantavarman Chodaganga

r. 1078–1147 · 12th century

Anantavarman Chodaganga was king of the Eastern Ganga dynasty, related to the Cholas through his mother. In a reign of about seventy years he conquered the Somavamshi kingdom and united the lands from the Ganges to the Godavari, moving his capital to Cuttack. He began the Jagannath Temple at Puri, which became the religious centre of Odisha.

Anantavarman Chodaganga
Image: Deepak Kumar Nayak (Cuttack) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Eastern Ganga dynastySomavamshi dynasty

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