 Suvarnapur or modern sonepur occupies a place of prime importance at different period under the rule of different royal families like the Bhanjas.The Somovamsis, the Telgu-chodas, the kalachuais, the Gangas and the chouhans who ruled over this territory.In the 8th century AD, the sonepur region, known as Swarnapura was a part of khinjali mandal and was ruled by the Bhanjas as the feudatory of the Bhaumakaras of Tosali.