The great Shiva temple of Bhubaneswar, built by the Somavamsi kings in the eleventh century (Jajati Keshari is named), remodelled by the Ganga kings with Vaishnava touches, and the surrounding temples (Mukteshvara, Rajarani, Brahmeshvara, Parashurameshvara) and Bindusagar tank.
English Wikipedia: Rajaraja II gave gold by an inscription of Saka 1094 (1172). The 13th-century Ekamra Purana tells the deity's story. Modern priest and servant orders are described, but we know nothing of their form in 1200.
Who holds it
- Name
- not named for 1200
- Title
- The Lingaraja priests (Brahman and servant orders)
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
What it holds
- The temple, the Bindusagar tank and the endowments
How things stand that morning
Standing, patronised by the Ganga kings; Shaiva and Vaishnava cults meet here and at Puri.
Places of note
- Lingaraja: The temple.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: One modern page with an inscription of 1172.
On the map: A small disc for the house and its home villages; the granted villages lay scattered.
Primary sources for Eastern Gangas
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Lesser Chronicle (the continuation of the Mahavamsa), Dhammakitti and later monks of the Mahavihara tradition (the first continuation about the 13th century (chapters 37 to 79), carried on in stages to the 18th century). The only narrative source for Lanka in 1200. Read online
- Inscriptions of Bengal, vol. 3, Various (the Sena kings' chanceries), edited by N. G. Majumdar (copper plates of the 10th to early 13th centuries; edited 1929). The one-volume edition of the Sena copper plates, the main documentary evidence for Bengal around 1200. Read online
- Epigraphia Indica: inscriptions of the Chandelas, Paramaras, Gahadavalas, Chaulukyas, Senas and Eastern Gangas, Various (edited for the Archaeological Survey of India by J. Burgess, E. Hultzsch, F. Kielhorn, Sten Konow, F. W. Thomas and successors) (inscriptions of the 1180s to 1210s; the series ran from 1892). The main record series for the Hindu kingdoms of northern India around 1200. Read online
- Epigraphia Zeylanica: lithic and other inscriptions of Ceylon, Various (the Polonnaruwa kings' chanceries), edited by D. M. de Zilva Wickremasinghe, H. W. Codrington and S. Paranavitana (inscriptions of the 3rd century BC to the 18th century; the series ran from 1904). Prints with translation the stone records of the Polonnaruwa kings who held or lost the throne around 1200. Read online
- The Song of Govinda, Jayadeva (late 12th century, by tradition at the court of Lakshmanasena of Bengal). A literary witness, not a chronicle. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.