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Nanyadeva

r. c. 1097 · 11th century

Nanyadeva was the founder of the Karnat dynasty of Mithila, establishing himself in the Tirhut plain of northern Bihar around 1097. A chief of Karnata origin, he probably came north with the armies of the Chalukyas of Kalyani, and he made Simraungadh his capital. His dynasty ruled Mithila until the Delhi Sultanate's invasion of 1324.

Nanyadeva
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Karnat dynasty

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