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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TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF KALINGA
of iron. And with two shafts he slew thet wo mighty protectors of the car-wheels of the Kalinga-ruler. And he also despatched Satyadeva and Satya to the abode of Yama. Of immeasurable soul, Bhima, with many sharp arrows and long shafts, caused Ketumat to repair unto Yama's abode. Thereupon the Kshatriyas of the Kalinga country, excited with rage and supported by many thousands of combatents, encountered the wrathful Bhīmasena in battle. And armed with darts, maces, scimitars, lances, swords and battle axes, the Kalingas, in hundreds upon hundreds surrounded Bhīmasena......and thus heroic Bhima of terrible powers repeatedly felled large bands of the Kalingas ...... Then the might-armed Bhīma scimitars in hand and filled with delight blew his conch of terrible loudness ...... and caused the hearts of all the Kalinga-troops to quake with fear and they fled away in all directions. When however they were rallied again, the Commander of the Pāņļava army Dhộishţadyumna ordered his troops to fight with them...Bhīma, Vrikodar and Dhțishtadyumna furiously encountered the Kalingas in battle and began to slay the enemy. They caused a river to flow there of bloody current mingled with the blood and flesh of the warriors born in the country of Kalinga.
Satyaki, the tiger. among the Yadus, of prowess incapable of being baffled, gladdening Bhīmasena, said unto him—“By good luck the king of the Kalingas and Ketumat, the prince of the Kalingas, Chakradeva also of that country and all the Kalingas have been slain in battle. With the might and prowess of thy arms, by thee alone, has been crushed the very large division of the Kalingas which abounded in elephants, steeds, cars, noble warriors and heroic combatants."
The king of the Kalingas was among rulers who went