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Bhoi dynasty

1541 CE – 1560 CE (approx.) · capital Cuttack

A short-lived dynasty that took the throne of Odisha after the Gajapatis, whose fall opened the region to the Karrani Afghans.

Origins

Govinda Vidyadhara, a minister of the Gajapati Kingdom, killed the last heirs of Prataparudra Deva and seized the throne at Cuttack in 1541. His family, the Bhoi dynasty, inherited a kingdom already reduced by losses to the Vijayanagara Empire and the Golconda Sultanate.

Rule and society

The Bhoi rulers continued the Gajapati title and the royal role in the cult of Jagannath at Puri, but faced constant revolts by nobles and pressure from the Golconda Sultanate and the Afghan rulers of Bengal. Their short reigns were dominated by palace intrigue.

Decline and legacy

Around 1559 to 1560 the minister Mukunda Deva overthrew the last Bhoi rulers. He was defeated by the Karrani Afghans of Bengal in 1568, ending independent Odisha. Bhoi descendants were later recognised as rajas of the Kingdom of Khurda.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Gajapati Kingdom 1434 CE – 1541 CEBhoi dynasty

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bhoi dynasty. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bhoi-dynasty
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“Bhoi dynasty.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bhoi-dynasty. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Bhoi dynasty.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bhoi-dynasty.
Harvard
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