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Kapilendra Deva
Kapilendra Deva was a minister and general of the last Eastern Ganga king who seized the throne of Odisha in 1434 and founded the Suryavamsi Gajapati dynasty. A devotee of Jagannath at Puri, he fought the Bahmani Sultanate, Vijayanagara and the Bengal Sultanate, and his armies extended Gajapati rule from the Ganges delta far down the eastern coast of southern India. His succession was disputed after his death.
Mentioned in 2 state histories
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