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Gajapati literally means lord of elephants. This was the name of a ruling lineage that was very powerful in Orissa in the fifteenth century. The Gajapati Kingdom, also known as the Gajapati Empire, was a medieval Hindu kingdom that existed in the eastern region of India, primarily in the present-day state of Odisha. |