Satrubhanja

Satrubhanja
Ranaslaghin
ReignBetween 261 A.D to 340 A.D
SuccessorDisabhanja
HouseNaga Clan of Vindhyatabi
FatherMaharaja Manabhanja
MotherMahadevi Damayanti

Satrubhanja (Odia : ଶତ୍ରୁଭଞ୍ଜ) was a king who belonged to the Vindhyatabi branch of Nagavanshi rulers that ruled from Keonjhar district of Odisha in the early 4th century A.D (possibly between 261 A.D to 340 A.D).[1] The era of Satrubhanja belongs to the pre Gupta rise as an imperial power in India when the other ruling Bharasiva Nagas of India joined hands to overthrow the ruling Devaputras of Pataliputra, also otherwise known as Kushan rulers to the modern historians.[2] The Asanapat village dancing Nataraja Shiva inscription in Sanskrit Language with Post Brahmi or early Kalinga script of Satrubhanja provides a great deal of details about his achievements as a conqueror and spiritual man.[3] The inscription is of thirteen lines which is written partly in verse and partly in prose.

  1. ^ "ORIGIN, GENEALOGY AND CHRONOLOGY OF THE BHANJAS" (PDF). www.shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in. pp. 74, 75. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ^ Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited. 1989. pp. 60–61. ISBN 81-208-0592-5.
  3. ^ Inscriptions of Orissa: Circa 5th-8th centuries A.D, Volume 1. Delhi: Motila Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited. 1997. pp. 171–172. ISBN 81-208-1077-5.