Early History of Orissa

SR No.: 006922
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Amarchand Mittal
Publisher: Jain Cultural Research Society
Publication Year: 1957
Total Pages: 506
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 9 MB

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AN EARLY HISTORY OF ORISSA Titikshu's lineage is given in the nine Purāņas and the Mahābhārata. A few successive reigns after him, this Kingdom of the East' was divided among Bali's five sons, begotten on his Queen Sudeshņā by Rishi Dirgha tamas, reference to which has already been made above. Each division was named after each son, viz. Aiga, Vanga, Kalinga, Pundra and Suhma.
In this way, we find a somewhat connected genealogy of how the countries of Kalinga and Utkala came into being and were assigned the Aryan origin. The Utkala country came into existence much before the country of Kalinga.
In the myths regarding origins, there is no connection between Manu's nine sons, Purüravas Aila and Sudyumna except through Aiła with her fabulous change of forms. It seems probable, writes Pargiter, that the three different myths have been blended together in an attempt to unify the origins of three different dominant races, which are said to have been derived from Manu, Purūravas and Sudyumna, apparently constituting three separate stocks.
According to tradition, therefore, Purūravas Aila and his lineage at Pratishthāna formed one family, the chieftains of Gayā and Eastern India formed a second family and all the kings and chiefs of the rest of India belonged to a third family. The first is the well-known Aiļa (or Aida) race' often called the Lunar Race, because myth derives it from Soma---the Moon. The second may be distinguished
1. Brahmánda, III, 74, 21-103 ; Vayu, 99, 24.-119; Brahma, 13, 27-49; Harivamsa, 31, 1681-1710; Matsya, 48, 21-108; Vishnu, IV, 18, 1-7; Agni, 276, 10-16; Garuda I, 139, 68-74; Bhagwata, IX, 23, 4-14 ;Mbh, XIII, 42, 2351 ; AIHT, p. 109.
2. AIHT, pp. 287-88.
3. Aida Purūravas, Váyu, 2, 20 ; 56, 1, 6, 8; Brahmanda, I, 2, 20 ; II, 28, 1, 9,