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Realm · approximate borders · 736–944

Bhauma-Kara kingdom (Toshala)

Toshala: coastal Odisha north of the Mahanadi, and from the late 8th century also Kongoda and northern Kalinga. Start date uncertain: the Bhauma era begins in 736 according to Panigrahi but in 831 according to Sircar.

Supplanted by the Somavamshis and the Bhanjas in the 10th century (end approximate).

See Bhauma-Kara kingdom (Toshala) on the map in 840

On the map
736–944
Capital
Guhadevapataka (Guheshvarapataka), modern Jajpur

Rulers named in the sources

South Asian kingdoms to 1000 CE

Kingdoms of South Asia before 1000 CE: the Western Gangas of Karnataka, the Licchavis of Nepal, Zhangzhung in Western Tibet, the Hindu Shahis, the kingdoms of Sindh and Multan, the Vishnukundinas and Eastern Chalukyas of Andhra, the Kalachuris, the Chera Perumals, the dynasties of Odisha and Dakshina Kosala, the Later Guptas, the Ikshvakus of Vijayapuri and Porus.

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