Tuluva Narasa Nayaka Puns

In the late Medieval age, there was a compassionate emperor who sacrificed his life for the protection of Hinduism and betterment of the country. He was the son of Emperor Gajapati Purusottam deva Routray and the Grandson of Suryavamshi Khandayat Emperor Gajapati Kapilendradeva Routray. The same Kapilendradeva, who flew Lord Jagannath's flag in most parts of India during the Islamic invasion & created a huge Hindu empire. Prataprudra deva took the charge of the kingdom in his teen age after his father's death . Today on the occasion of his Death anniversary, let's know how he ruled his vast empire despite many conspiracies, Bad lucks & setbacks during his lifetime.

Attack of the Bengal Nawab Allauddin Hussain Saha:-

Gajapati Prataparudradeva ascended the throne in 1497. Allauddin Hussain Shah attacked from the northern side of his kingdom in 1499 A.D. The Khandayats Under Prataprudradeva severely defeated the founder of the Hussein Shahi dynasty, Allauddin Hussein Saha, to such an extent that he did not dare to attack for 10 years. Gajapati Prataprudradeva successfully drove out those invaders at the age of 17 only.

Victories in Deccan :

Prataparudradeva Marched up to Krishna River and he camped there along with other Khandayats in 1500 A.D. . They conquered many areas and went as far as Setubandha/ Rameshwaram. Unfortunately a severe drought hit in Odisha at that time. Prataparudradeva did not move forward, fearing loss of funds in the war as he was very affectionate to his people. After the drought subsided, he decided to renew his military campaigns. The Khandayats had taken over many territories of Vijay Nagar Kingdom.

The Second War Against the Shah Dynasty of Bengal:-

The Khandayats were involved in wars of the Deccan. Thinking of this as a great opportunity, Alauddin Shah and his commander-in-chief Ismail ghaji Khan invaded Odisha between 1509 - 10 A.D. with a large number of troops. This time they marched towards Cuttack. Barabati fort was guarded by Khandayat Chieften Ananta Samantsinghar While Sarangagarh fort was guarded by Khandayat General Govinda Vidyadhar. Both Barabati and Sarangarh had only a few Soldiers. Upon receiving the news, Gajapati Prataparudra Deva immediately left the southern war and returned to Odisha with a large number of Troops. The Way they fought back , the water of Chilika lake was red by the blood of Pathans. Gajapati's army chased them all the way to Bengal.

Victory of Mandarna and Betra

INDIA, Medieval (Eastern Deccan). Nayakas of Chitradurga. temp. Madakeri Nayaka V. 1758-1779. AV Pagoda (13mm, 3.31 g, 4h). In the name and types of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar. Balakrishna seated facing / śri pra/tapa krishna/raya in Devanagari script. Mitchiner, South I, 882; MNI 939; Friedberg 381.

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I was playing a solo mission as the scout and I got grabbed by a Trawler and it dragged me clipping inside the drop pod. I guess the drop pod registered that as the end-of-mission and just started evacuation even though I hadn't finished the fuel cells yet.

The post mission screen then showed failure but my dwarf cheered as if it were successful (I didn't get any of the objective bonuses). I guess I waited too long to resume after that and the game glitched out on me. It showed my dwarf walking toward the screen again, but didn't show any UI this time and I couldn't resume playing the game without closing and reopening it.

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NAYAKA TRAWLER

So, quick question, lads: where do you think most of my grant money goes? Research equipment? Travel expenses? Salaries? Nope, bulk of it is actually weapons and munitions, especially for new research assistants. "But doctor!" I hear you sputter, "Shouldn't you be able to pay for your weapons once and call it there?" You would think that, but even when I can save idiot assistants from their own stupidity, they have an annoying habit of dropping their weapons. And nothing on Hoxxes causes more panic in those buffoons than the nayaka trawler. So, by extension, the nayaka trawler is the creature that has cost me DRG the most money. The good news is that I always know if someone's been grabbed. Sooooo much screaming.

So yes, the nayaka trawler, or "sand fish" as my security team likes to call it, quite the impressive bit of biological engineering done by mother nature there. Yes, its ability to burrow is already pretty damn impressive, but it's not until you need to dig in the sandblasted corridors that you truly understand its ability. This is a creature capable of burrowing at around fifty kilometers per hour in sandstone. Granted, it's pretty fragile as rock goes, but it's still quite nice. How this polychaete-like creature seems to dig is actually by using its hard tentacles/beak as a wedge to pry into the sandstone and pushing itself along using the extendable spikes on its back like a combination of jackhammers and Venetian gondola pole. I'm not even sure how it developed this ability, but the raw power it generates with all those spines is truly impressive. Obviously, even this mechanism isn't good enough for it to burrow in harder rock, but for its very particular niche as the best ambush predator of its biome, it seems to serve quite nicely. In the words of my old mining team leader: "If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid." Rest in peace, Major Damage.

Ahem, anyways, beyond its unique propulsion system and absurdly tough upper shell, the most surprising thing about it is that it isn't actually a creature tamed by the glyphids, though there is still a form of symbiosis between them. See, the glyph

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