The Parvatadvaraka dynasty was a royal house that controlled the
Tel river valley (
Kalahandi
Kalahandi (locally pronounced ''Kalahani'') is a district of Odisha in India. Archaeological evidence of Stone Age and Iron Age human settlement has been recovered from the region. Asurgarh offered an advanced, well civilised, cultured and ur ...
) in the
Indian
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state of
Orrisa
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sch ...
. The Parvatadvarakas were devotees of the goddess Stambhesvari.
List of rulers
The known rulers of Parvatadvaraka include:
*Sobhanaraja
*Tustikara
See also
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Asurgarh
Asurgarh is an archaeological site in the Kalahandi district of Odisha, India. Asurgarh is one of the sites which has its beginning in around 8th-9th century BC and emerged as one of the early urban fortified settlements in the region and it is ...
*
History of Odisha
Human history in Odisha begins in the Lower Paleolithic era, as Acheulian tools dating to the period have been discovered in various places in the region. The early history of Odisha can be traced back to the mentions found in ancient texts l ...
References
History of Odisha
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