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TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF KALINGA
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image of god Jina, which was guarded by king Tosalika.' Mahāvīra arrived here from Hatthasīsa and proceeded to Mosali, as has already been mentioned above. He returned to Tosali again and set out for Siddhatthapura. He was caused many troubles here. Tosali is mentioned along with Konkana where people were fond of eating fruits and vegetables and where livelihood was earned by selling fruits and flowers. There was plenty of water in this country, and so the corn was grown here by the help of river water, when there were no rains. Sometimes due to heavy rains crops failed and so Jaina monks were allowed to live on palm-fruits which grew in abundance here.•
There were large number of she-buffaloes in Tosali which attacked people with their hoofs and horns. Achārya Tosali was killed by a buffalo. The country was known for its lakes (Tāloďaka). Cuttack and the present village Dhauli stand on a site nearby or identical with Tosali, opines Sylvain Levi.Dhauli can be taken to be identical with Tosali but not Cuttack, which stands, at the present day, about 30 miles away from the modern village Dhauli.
Hatthasīs, another town, probably situated in the country of northern Kalinga, has been mentioned as a centre of trade, and a number of sea-going merchants of this town are mentioned to have gone to Kalingadvipa for trade. Identification of the above town is not easy, but it must have been situated somewhere near the sea-shore. Kalingadvīpa, to be more or less certain, was the name given to a certain (or many) island in the Eastern Archipelago. THE GREEK LITERATURE
Important light on the history of the Kalinga people 1. Vyavabara Bhashya, 6, 115f. 2. Pre-Aryan & Pre-Dravidian, pp. 63f. 3. Nāyadhammakahā, Ed. Vaidya, 1940, Poona, p. 201.
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