OPSC OCS 2022 · Question 21 of 98
Odisha History
With his coronation, Kapilendra Deva established the Suryavamsa Gajapati dynasty/Routray Gajapati dynasty which played a pivotal role in medieval history of India. Soon he sorted out the various serious problems of Kalinga In the South, the Reddy rulers of Rajahmumdry were extending their frontiers further north. From the North, the kingdom was threatened by the Sultan of Bengal. The distant Malwa also tried to take advantage of the revolution of local chiefs and feudatories who refused to acknowledge the suzerainty of Kapilendra Deva. At that critical juncture, Kapilendra Deva Routray took immediate steps and subdued the rebel chiefs like the Matsyas of Oddadi, the Salivamsi chiefs of Nandapura, the Vishnuvardhana Chakravartins of Panchadharala and the Gangas of Khimindi. His Lingaraj temple inscription thus reveals: all kings of my kingdom of Odisha should work for the good of the paramount sovereign and should keep to virtuous ways and not remain in bad ways. If they act badly towards their sovereign, they will be expelled from the kingdom and all their property would be confiscated. This order definitely directed the defiant chiefs to acknowledge the suzerainty of Kapilendra Deva. dynasty/#:~:text=Military%20campaigns%20of%20Kapilendra%20Deva%20Routray%3A&text=At%20that%20critical %20juncture%2C%20Kapilendra,and%20the%20Gangas%20of%20Khimindi.
Source: OPSC OCS (2022) Preliminary GS Paper-I; answers per Apti Plus Academy compilation (to be verified against official OPSC key)
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