History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c28.2

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The fall of the Eastern Gaṅgas was followed by a sudden accession of power of the monarchs of Kaliṅga and Orissa, which was unparalleled except, perhaps, in the time of Khāravela. Kapilendra or Kapileśvara, originally a Mahāpātra, obtained the throne in 1435-36. A. D. The late Mr. Monmohan Chakravarti’s calculations have proved beyond doubt that the actual date of his coronation or accession to the throne was 1435 A.D., proving thereby that all manuscripts of the Mādalā Pāñji and, therefore, modern accounts based on them, are hopelessly wrong. In his account of the dynasty founded by Kapilendra, Mr. Chakravarti has proved that :