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| Anantavarman Chodaganga | |||||
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| Raja Parameswara, Trikalingaadhipati, Gangesvara, Paramavaishnava, Paramabhattaraka, Paramabrahmanya, Kunjaradhipati | |||||
 Sculpture of Chodaganga Deva at Chudanga Sahi, Puri | |||||
| Eastern Ganga Emperor | |||||
| Reign | 17 February 1078–1150[1] | ||||
| Coronation | February 17, 1078 | ||||
| Predecessor | Rajaraja Deva I | ||||
| Successor | Kamarnnava Deva | ||||
| Born | Kalinganagari, Kalinga, Eastern Ganga dynasty (modern day Srimukhalingam, Andhrapradesh) | ||||
| Died | 1150 Kataka, Kalinga, Eastern Ganga dynasty, (modern day Cuttack,Odisha) | ||||
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| House | Eastern Ganga dynasty | ||||
| Father | Rajaraja Deva I | ||||
| Mother | Rajasundari | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
Gangesvara Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva (reigned 17 February 1078 – 1150) was an Eastern Ganga monarch who reigned between 1078 and 1150. He was a great patron of arts and architecture who built many temples, one of them being the magnificent Jagannath Temple[2] in Puri. He was the ruler of the Kalinga region from river Ganga to Godavari[3] and later the early medieval Odisha region with the incorporation of the constituent regions with the decline of the Somavamshis.[4][5] He is often considered as the founder and significant ruler of Eastern ganga dynasty.[2] He is related to the Chola dynasty through his mother's side and the Eastern Gangas through his father's side. His mother, Rajasundari, was a Chola princess and the daughter of emperor Virarajendra Chola and granddaughter of Chola king Rajendra Chola I.His father was king Rajaraja I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty. He possessed a vast number of elephants which made him used the title navanavati sahasta kunjaradhisvara or the lord of ninety-nine thousand elephants, though this is an exaggeration but it is likely that he possessed a vast number of elephants.[6]
According to vallala-charitam Anantavarman had diplomatic relations with Vijayasena of bengal.[7]
Anantavarman ruled for a very long reign of 72 years according to his own inscription.[8] This makes him one of the longest ruling monarchs in the Middle ages. He was succeeded by his son Kamarnava Deva from the queen Kasturikamodini.[9]
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- ^ * Walter Smith (1994). The Mukteśvara Temple in Bhubaneswar. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 26. ISBN 978-81-208-0793-8.
- ^ Sah, Ayodhya Prasad (1968). "FEUDATORIES AND BENEFICIARIES IN MEDIAEVAL ORISSA (Cir. A. D. 600-1200)". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 30: 73–79. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44141454.
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