Early History of Orissa

Author(s): Amarchand Mittal
Publisher: Jain Cultural Research Society

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next chapter deals with his conquests, administration, military force and capital city. The thirteenth chapter deals with the wealth and prosperity of Kalinga under Khāravela, his religious policy and ending with an estimate of him. The fourteenth and the last chapter deals with the architecture and sculpture in the Khaņdagiri-Udayagiri caves, most of which are ascribed to him or to his period.
The present work substantially represents my thesis for the Ph. D. degree of the B.H.U. I started to work on this topic in 1952 with the University scholarship under the encouragement and guidance of my teacher Dr. R.B. Pandey, then Professor and Head of the Depratment of Ancient Indian History & Culture and Prircipal, College of Indology, B.H.U., and I take this opportunity to pay my respects and sincere thanks to him. I must also express a sence of gratitude to the late Dr. A. S. Altekar, Drs. R. C. Majumdar, V. S. Agarwal, D. C. Sircar, D. C. Ganguli, K. C. Panigrahi, P. K. Acharya, Pt. Sukblalji and Shri Dalsukh Malvania for their valuable suggestions and all other help I needed in the preparation of this thesis. I am grateful to Shri B.B. Lal, then Supdt. Eastern Circle A.S.I., Cal. The Hon'ble Dr. H.K. Mahtab has laid me under obligation by inspiring me through this difficult task and now sparing time for writing a foreword to it. Lastly I desire to thank the Jain Cultural Research Society for undertaking publication of this book. I must end by apologizing to my readers for the numerous printing mistakes which have crept in.
A.C. MITTAL