It is the eighth-largest state by area , and the eleventh-largest by population , with over 41 million inhabitants. The state also has the third-largest population of Scheduled Tribes in India.
Odisha has a coastline of kilometres mi along the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean. Thereafter, Bhubaneswar became the capital of Odisha. After a brief debate, the lower house, Lok Sabha , passed the bill and amendment on 9 November Prehistoric Acheulian tools dating to Lower Paleolithic era have been discovered in various places in the region, implying an early settlement by humans. According to political scientist Sudama Misra, the Kalinga janapada originally comprised the area covered by the Puri and Ganjam districts.
He turned into a pacifist and converted to Buddhism. Kharavela was a Jain ruler. He also built the monastery atop the Udayagiri hill. The city of Brahmapur in Odisha is also known to have been the capital of the Pauravas during the closing years of 4th century CE. Nothing was heard from the Pauravas from about the 3rd century CE, because they were annexed by the Yaudheya Republic , who in turn submitted to the Mauryans.
It was only at the end of 4th century CE, that they established royalty at Brahmapur, after about years. Later, the kings of the Somavamsi dynasty began to unite the region.
By the reign of Yayati II, c. Yayati II is supposed to have built the Lingaraj temple at Bhubaneswar. Notable rulers of the dynasty were Anantavarman Chodaganga , who began reconstruction on the present-day Shri Jagannath Temple in Puri c.
