State · 1078 – 1434

Eastern Ganga dynasty

A state of 1078 – 1434 — 356 years in South Asia. It was replaced by Gajapati Empire. Its line of rulers holds 4 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 356 years; 1078 – 1434
Rulers: 4; the King of Polonnaruwa
Most ground: 206,600 km²; in 1260

Map: Eastern Ganga dynasty in 1260, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Eastern Ganga dynasty in 1260, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 206,600 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

After it

Gajapati Empire · replaced by · 1434 – 1541

Rulers

The line of King of Polonnaruwa.

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removedending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source
Anantavarman Codaganga	1078 – 1150	72 years	deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Anangabhima Deva III	1211 – 1238	27 years	ending not on record
Kalinga Magha	1215 – 1236	21 years	ending not on record
Narasimhadeva I	1238 – 1264	26 years	ending not on record

4 rulers, 4 with terms dated as terms, covering 1078 – 1264. Median reign 26.5 years. 2 of 3 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

164,500 km² in 1078, 206,200 km² in 1328; at its largest 206,600 km² in 1278. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood356 years
stood longer than 78% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held206,600 km²
held more ground at its peak than 59% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median27 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 78% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1042 – 1470, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1260, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q250515 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.