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________________ THE NANDA RULE IN KALINGA 147 Tīrthankaras. The site yielded a large number of bricks of the Maurya style and the foundation of a square temple. There was also found a worn-out coin which has been attributed to an age earlier to tủe Maurya period and, hence, would point to the Nanda period.1 In social matters also the rise of the Nandas may be regarded as symptomatic of surging up of the lower classes. The puranic chroniclers represent the dynasty as harbingers of Śudra rule and as irreligious (adhārmika). Very little is known of the state of society in Kalinga during the period of the Nandas. Further, the Nandas developed a fighting machine that was adopted by the later rulers of Magadha (and probably, by the people of Kalinga which might have been used during an attack by Asoka) with terrible effect in resisting the onslaught of foreign invaders and carrying on the policy of expansion. As a matter of fact, the glamour of the Nandas has been dimmed by the greater splendour of the succeeding dynasty. But it is well to remember what the kings of the line bequeathed to their immediate successors and to posterity. 1. Jayaswal-JBORS, Vol. XXIII, 1937, pp. 130-32. Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.006922
Book TitleEarly History of Orissa
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorAmarchand Mittal
PublisherJain Cultural Research Society
Publication Year1957
Total Pages506
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size9 MB
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