Shailodbhava dynasty | |||||||||||
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c. 6th century CE–c. 8th century CE | |||||||||||
The Shailodbhavas and neighbouring South Asian polities circa 600 CE.[1] | |||||||||||
Capital | Banapur | ||||||||||
Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
Historical era | Classical India | ||||||||||
• Established | c. 6th century CE | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 8th century CE | ||||||||||
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The Shailodbhava (IAST: Śailodbhava) dynasty ruled parts of eastern India during the 6th-8th centuries. Their core territory was known as Kongoda-mandala, and included parts of the present-day Ganjam, Khordha and Puri districts in the Odisha state. Their capital was located at Kongoda, which is identified with modern Banapur.
The early rulers of the dynasty were feudatories to the Guptas, Vigrahas, the Mudgalas, and Shashanka. The Shailodbhava ruler Madhavaraja II seems to have assumed sovereignty soon after 620 CE. The dynasty declined in the 8th century, and their territory came under the Bhauma-Kara rule.