History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c30.10

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After the fall of Koṇḍaviḍu Kṛṣṇadevarāya consolidated his conquests by the reduction of the important inland fortresses in the country at the foot of the ghaṭs, such as Vinukoṇḍa on the Gundlakamma river and Ballamkoṇḍa near Amarāvatī. In the third campaign Kṛṣṇadevarāya crossed the Kṛṣṇa and camped at Bezwada. His object was the great fort of Koṇḍapalle under the charge of the Oṛiya minister Praharāja Śiraśchandra Mahāpātra. According to Nunez, all the chiefs of the empire of Orissa were collected at Kaṇḍapalle. Among the notables captured after the fall of Koṇḍapalle was a queen of Pratāparudra and another son along with seven of the principal nobles. An inscription from Kāḷahasti mentions two of the nobles, Boḍaijenā Mahāpātra and Bijli Khān. Prahārāja Śiraśchandra Mahāpātra and Boḍai-Jenā Mahāpātra are not proper names but Oriyā official titles.