History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c30.1

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The decline in the power of Orissa and the break up of its empire, practically begins with the accession of Pratāparudra. At the time of his accession, Pratāparudra ruled over an empire extending from the Hughly and the Medinipur districts of Bengal to the Guntur district of Madras. A large portion of the highlands of Telingana, such as Khammamet, also belonged to him according to his conqueror Kṛṣṇadevarāya of Vijayanagara. The date of his accession has been calculated from his only Aṅka date in the temple of Jagannātha; 4th Aṅka, Kakaṛā śu 10, Wednesday=17th July 1499. As the 3rd regnal year was 1499, the date of his accession must be 1497 A.D.