Some scholars, such as Binayak Misra and R C Majumdar, argued that the dynasty was associated with a tribe called Bhauma, whose members originally lived on the Mahendra mountain.
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Some scholars, such as Binayak Misra and R C Majumdar, argued that the dynasty was associated with a tribe called Bhauma, whose members originally lived on the Mahendra mountain.
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Bhauma-Kara dynasty inscriptions are dated in the years of an unspecified calendar era, simply called samvat.
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Bhauma-Kara dynasty was succeeded by his brother Shivakara III, whose reign lasted for around nine years.
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The records of the later Bhauma-Kara dynasty kings do not mention her reign, which suggests that she was not recognized as a legitimate ruler by the sons of Shivakara III, who probably set up parallel governments.
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Bhauma-Kara dynasty's rule was followed by Dharma-Mahadevi, a queen of Shantikara III.
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Bhauma-Kara dynasty kingdom was called Toshala, a name believed to be derived from Toshali, the ancient capital of Kalinga.
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Bhauma-Kara dynasty period saw the beginning of the unification of historically distinct regions such as Odra, Toshala, Kongoda and Utkala.
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The Bhauma-Kara dynasty territory included other important Buddhist sites of Lalitagiri, Pushpagiri, and Udayagiri.
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Bhauma-Kara dynasty bought several Buddhist texts with him, and helped popularize Vajrayana in China.
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Bhauma-Kara dynasty rulers are known from their copper-plate inscriptions, which are dated in their own calendar era, as well as in the regnal years of the issuing rulers.
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