History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c17.32

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A king of Orissa with the affix Keśarī continued to rule over some part of Orissa till the middle of the 11th century A. D. Among the feudatories who combined to recover Northern Bengal for the Pāla king, Rāmapāla, is mentioned Jayasiṁha of Daṇḍabhukti, who is said to have uprooted king Karṇakeśarī of Utkala. The campaign for the restoration of Rāmapāla to Northern Bengal cannot have taken place later than 1060 A. D., and therefore, Jayasiṁha's defeat of Karṇakesarī must have taken place some time earlier. Uddyotakesarī is called "the Lord of Trikaliṅga" in the lost Bhuvanesvara inscription but in the *Rāmacharita* of Sandhyākaranandīn Karṇakesarī is styled the Lord of Utkala, ¹ evidently because by that time the rest of the three Kaliṅgas had been conquered by the Eastern Gaṅga king, Vajrahasta, who ascended the throne in 1038 A. D.² In 1078 A. D., Anantavarman Choḍagaṅga made an end of all minor dynasties, including, perhaps, Karṇakesarī who was ruling over Northern Orissa, adjoining Daṇḍabhukti or the modern district of Midnapore, as the last representative of his dynasty. We do not know whether Karṇakesarī belonged to the Kara dynasty or the lunar dynasty of Uddyotakesarī.