Satrubhanja

Satrubhanja (Odia : ଶତ୍ରୁଭଞ୍ଜ) was a king who belonged to the Vindhyatabi branch of Nagavanshi rulers that ruled from Keonjhar district of Odisha in the early 4th century CE (possibly between 261 CE to 340 CE). The era of Satrubhanja belongs to the pre Gupta rise as an imperial power in India when the other ruling of India joined hands with his leadership to overthrow the ruling Devaputras of Pataliputra, also otherwise known as Kushan rulers to the modern historians. The Asanapat village dancing Nataraja Shiva inscription in Sanskrit Language with Post Brahmi or early Kalinga script of Satrubhanja provides a great deal of details about his achievements as a conqueror and spiritual man. The inscription is of thirteen lines which is written partly in verse and partly in prose.