with his daughter, Shehzadi Gulnaz. He offered Rajiv Lochan Ray to convert to Islam to which the wily general offered a counter offer, to convert his daughter to Hinduism and marry her. However, Gajapati Mukunda Deva was opposed to such a matrimonial alliance and in accordance to the prevailing practices of Hinduism, decreed that neither Rajiv nor his sons would be allowed to enter the premises of Puri Jagannath temple. Enraged, Rajiv Lochan Ray vowed to take revenge of this insult and destroy the Jagannath temple at Puri. Hence he converted and married Karrani's daughter taking the name of Kalapahad (Black Hill). He led the Moslem Afghan army and attacked Odisha defeated Mukundadeva and sacked major towns and religious places including Hijli, Cuttack, Jajpur, Sambalpur, Konark, Ekamrakhsetra, Puri etc. in 1568. Legend has it that ultimately Kalapahad was drowned in the river by Devi Samaleshwari in Sambalpur, Odisha. In reality, not much is known as to the real reasons for the death of Kalapahad. He may have been killed by certain remnants of the Varendra army of Maharaja Kangshanarayan during his conquest of Gauda. Conflict with Kotlu Khan On account of Kalapahad's conversion, Rudranarayan broke Bhurishrestha's traditional alliance with the Sultanate of Gaur. After the demise of Sulaiman Karrani, Daud Khan Karrani persuaded Rudranarayan for help against the Mughals, but in vain. After him, Kotlu Khan once again approached him for help, but he refused. At this Kotlu Khan decided to attack Bhurishrestha. But intimidated by the might of Bhurishrestha's army and navy, he decided to attack the kingdom from the west. When the news reached Akbar, that the Pathan forces were marching towards Bengal, he dispatched an army of 5000 cavalry under the leadership of Jagat Singh, the son of Man Singh. He sent emissaries to the courts of Bhurishrestha and Bishnupur inviting an alliance. Kotlu Khan first tried to intimidate the Garhnayak of Mandaran and win him to his side. When he failed, he attacked the fort. Jagat Singh, who had arrived in Jehanabad, attacked Kotlu Khan from the west. The troops of Bishnupur attacked from the north and the soldiers of Bhurishrestha attacked from the east. In the battle, the commander of the fort and Kotlu Khan was killed. Jagat Singh was severely injured. He was saved from Pathan general Osman Khan and carried to Bishnupur and nursed. Osman Khan the Pathan general fled with his troops