Why couldn't any of the Delhi Sultanates (kings) capture Odisha?

Lelwut.

Very interesting posts, and a clear split between the ones written by a certain community and the ones written by other groups. B)

The basic reason was two-fold.

1- By the 13th Century, Orissa was possibly the last remaining Gupta-esque State in the Continent. Registered land records. Censuses. Extensive record-keeping, a lot of which has even survived- which is more than be said for most other nations in the Continent. The average Oriya district produced more troops, better troops, and most importantly far more excess calorific content than its Peaceful counterparts.

2- Theocracy. For the typical Medieval Oriya, Jagannath was the rightful ruler of Orissa and those who deny his Reign were to be tolerated at worst and killed in every other scenario. End of story. There were no “loyal Turkish mercenaries” like with Vijayanagara or “peaceful coexistence” like with the Bengalis in Orissa. You toed the line and worshipped the right gods, or no one would lift a finger to save you if some collector decided to improve his chances with the ferrymen on the Baitarani by feeding your Mleccha arse to the crows.

So regarding the answers by a certain community in this thread…

I won't actually spend much time talking about them since all good Hindus, not only Oriyas, know about that lot and all they're good for. Nothing can be done for them.

As for the statements…

Basically graphical representations of Peaceful Empire-building are always interesting. Samudradeva could march upto Kanyakumari but Gupta Empire maps always nicely stop at the Godavari. Kapilendradeva took Bidar and forced Peaceful nobles from Gwalior to Raichur to grovel at his feet- but heavens forbid any maps depict his Reign going beyond the Eastern Ghats.

Some drunk guardsman wandering across the border one night is reason enough for the mapmakers of JNU to compose new epics to the achievements of Sultan Someone-or-the-other but Eloi forbid someone describes the Damodar Valley or the Godavari delta- unquestionable Oriya territory for the better part of three millennia- as ever having had Oriyas living there.

But some bestiality afficiando comes waltzing over with four hundred thousand men, spends a monsoon fucking goats, burning barns, and dying of dysentery outside the walls of an Oriya city - and our Intellectuals rush to colour Orissa green- except for the Mahakantara regions which were apparently “impassable forests".

Medieval Mayurbhanj, Deogarh, Jaypore, Ganjam- “impassable forests”. Yeah, right.

Anyway Kora is a disappointing site and it gets the answers it deserves. The same can be said for India in general. A wise Hindu would flee for Africa or SE Asia before things get bad.