History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c38.18

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Rājā Kalyān Singh was appointed on the recommendation of Islam Khān and governed Orissa from 1611 to 1617. He attempted to emulate the feat of Keshodās Māru and also attempted to conquer Khurda. In the meanwhile Mughal aggression from the north and the advance of the Musalmans of Golkonda from the south had devastated the territories of the nominal Gajapatis and poor Purushottama was again compelled to throw himself on the mercy of his persecutors. He agreed to send his daughter to the imperial harem (dolah), to wait at Court in person, to present a tribute of three lakhs of rupees and a famous elephant named Śesha-Nāga. The daughter was sent to Delhi with one lakh of rupees by way of Bengal. It is mentioned in the Tuzūk that the Emperor viewed the eighteen elephants sent by Rājā Kalyān Mall from Orissa shortly after the 24th August 1617.²