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Eastern Ganga domain. Kosalananda Kavyam states that during a pilgrimage to Puri and in meeting with the Ganga king Bhanu Deva III, the later was so pleased with his karizma that he gave the hand of his niece in marriage to him. The Patna state was bound by the river Mahanadi in the north, river Tel in the south and Bindra Nawagarh area in west, which is in Chatishgarh state today. Ramai Deva was an energetic person and Kosalananda Kavya describes him as a very handsome man with a miraculous physical strength. He offered his devotion to the deities
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Ramai Deva possibly murdered or killed all the other seven rulers and became the king of the region after his foster father abdicated the throne in his favor. The eight divisions of Patna state ruled by the eight separate
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Ramai Deva had followed an unbiased policy for the people of his state. He also enforced law with an iron fist on those who did not comply, were unruly and disobedient. He recovered many areas that were lost by his previous kings and administrators of the region. He created a strong and disciplined
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Patneswari temple for the goddess with the same name who was the presiding deity of the kingdom. He also build a Shiva temple known as Kosaleswara Mahadeva. The priests of these temples still enjoy the five small villages granted to their forefathers by Ramai Deva
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Pangrahi adopted Ramai Deva and he grew closer to the common people when a man-eater tiger was hunted down by him. It was predefined by a ministerial council that the one who kills the tiger will become the king of Patna state over the Oligarchy practiced by all the eight local rulers.
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district, founded a new state called Huma Desha and dominated the region above the parent state of Patna. Balaram Deva's descendant, Baliar Singh would conquer adjoining regions to his kingdom after multiple military campaigns, one of which includes the inclusion of
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administrator of the region died. The central control of the Gangas had nearly collapsed due to outside invasions. As an energetic and remarkable leader, he established his firm control of the erstwhile Patna state Odisha that might have included some parts of
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Hutumbur Sing alias Hambir Dev or also associated with the name Vishala Dev. His father was in the line of Chauhan rulers related to
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for nearly one and half a decade before finally capturing it. The foundation of
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