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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POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF THE COUNTRY 27 with Siripuram in the Palkonda taluka of the Vizagapatam district. A grant of Anantavarman was issued from the royal residence of Devapura, variously identified with places in the Śrungavarapukoța taluka and in the Chicacole taluka. But Kalingādhipati Anantavarman also issued another grant from the victorious city of Pishțapura which is the same as Pithapuram in the Godavari district. The grants of other kings like Chandravarman and Anantasakti. varman were issued from Singhapura. One grant of Umāvarman was issued from Varddhamānapurab and another from Sunagara.
Now, from the above place names come across in the records of kings calling themselves as Kalingādhipati and from the epigraphs of the early and later Ganga kings as well, it is clear that the Kalinga country stretched along the eastern coast from the Ganjam district in the north to the Godā. vari district in the south as far as the river of that name.? The country to the north of Ganjam as far as the river Mahā nadi also occasionally formed part of Kalinga. And this is corroborated by the evidence of Hiuen Tsang the Chinese traveller of the seventh century A. D. In his days Kalinga occupied a much smaller area. Ki-ling-kia (Kalinga) is distinguished from Wu-t'u (viz. Uda or Odra)
1. E. I., XXI, 24; XXIV, 49, fn. 11. It is also identified with Sirpur, 18 miles from Parlakimedi in the Ganjam district, (E.I., XXIII, 119).
2. E.I., XXIV, 50. 3. E.I., XXIII, 57.
4. E.I., XXIV, 49; cf. Sirihapura of the Mahavastu (Senart's Edition, p. 432) which may be modern Singupuram near Chicacole (Dubreiul-A. D. H., 91).
5. E. I., XXIV, p. 19. This is identified with Vadama in the Palkonda taluka in the Vizagapatam district. (E. I., XXIV, 49, fn. 14).
6. Ibid. 50. 7. E.I., XXIV, 50.