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
India in details. He only mentions that Košala was then included in Purva-deśa lying to the cast of Vārāṇasi. It may have been, hence, that the Trilinga country was included in Kosala.
Looking through epigraphs we find that in verse 2 of the Brahmeśvara inscription, Janamejaya has been described as the lord of Trilinga (Trilingād!īpa) and the conqueror of Odra-deśa.' Purle Plates of Indravarman, the lord of whole Kalinga (Sakalu-kalinya), mentions that the donee came from Trilinga and got land in Kalinga. The date of this Plate has been assigned as A. D. 631 by R. Subba Rao.3 The Thana Plate of Rāmachandra“ of the Śaka year 1194 (1272 A. D.) mentions the defeat of Trilingas. The Śrīrangam plates of Muminandi-nāyaka of the Śaka year 1280 (1358 A. D.) gives the boundary of Tilinga as follows:
l'aśchât-purastādapi yasya deśau Khyātau Mahārāshtrix-Kalinga-s fijou Avāg-udak-Pāņdyaka-Kānyakuvjuu
Deścsma tatrāsti Tilinganāmā (Verse 5) viz., to the west and the east two famous countries Mahārāshțra and Kalinga, to the south and the north Pāņdya and Kānya kuvja—it is that country which is called Tilinga. The Akkalapundi Grant of Singayanāyaka? of the Saka year 1290 (1368 A. D.) mentions Deśastrilinganāmā and Trilingudeśādhipati.
1. P. Acharya, OHRJ, Vol. I, No. I, p. 73. 2. E.I., XIV, p. 362. 3. JAHRS, VI, p. 79. 4. E.I , XIII, pp. 199 & 202. 5. Original : "Tilinga-tunga-tarūnmulandantāvala." 6. E.I., XIV, p. 90. 7. E I., XIII, p. 262.