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Third Plate ; First Side 13 iman=dāna-dharmmam=anupaśyadbhir=ēsho=grahārö=nupālyah [l*] 14 api ch=ātra manu-Vyāsa-gitau slökau bhavataḥ[]*] Bahubhir-bbahudhā da15 ttä vasudbā vasudhādhipaih[l*1 yasya yasya yadā bhūmis-tasya 16 [ta]sya tada phalam[!*] Pūrvva-dattīn-dvijātibhyo yatnād=raksha Yudhishthira[l* 1
Third Plate ; Second Side 17 mahim=mahimatām érēshțha dānāch-chhrējõ=nupālanam=iti | ajñāptiḥ 13 mahādandaniyakäh[l] samvatsaras-chaturddasah 10 4 Srāvaņa19 kukla-pañchamyām 5 [*] dēé-ākshapatal-ādhikrita-daņdanāyuka20 Mātrivarēņa likhitam=iti III
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DINES CHANDRA SIRCAR, OOTACAMUND Jajpur is an old town on the Vaitaraṇi river which seems to have provided in early times the line of demarcation between Utkala and Kalinga. Acoording to the Raghuvamsa, Utkala lay between Kalinga (district round Mount Mahendra, i.e. the Mahēndragiri peak in the Ganjam Dis. trict) and the Kapisā river (the modern Kānsāi running through the Midnapur District), while the Mahābhārata seems to mention the Vaitaraņi as the north-eastern boundary of the Kalinga country. Of course, in later times, under the Bhauma-Karas and the Sõmavamsis, often represented as lords of Utkala, this country seems to have included the Puri District and sometimes even the eastern fringe of the Ganjam District. The Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra seems to suggest that the Kalinga region in the present Orissan coastland was regarded by the Aryans of the later Vedic age as an impure (i.e., predominantly non-Aryan) country, although it was sometimes visited by the Aryans. A later popular saying' allowed the Aryans to frequent this coast country only on pilgrimage. The Mahābhārata regards the valley of the Vaitarani as a holy land fit for pilgrimage and specifically mentions Viraja, which, along with the variants Virajā and Virajas, is no other than the
* Read m[*) iti 1). • There is a floral design between the two sets of triple dandas and a wavy line at the end.
. cf. Canto IV, verse 38: Sa tintva Kapidän sainyair - baddha-dvirada-sētubhih Utkal-adarbita-pathab Kaling.abhimukham yayau
. Cf. III, 114, 3: ete Kalingah Kauntêya yalra Vaitarani nadir.
For the Bhauma-Karas, see J. K. H. R. 8., Vol. II. pp. 103-06. Their kingdom was known both as Utkala and Tosali (or Tosalā). Tosall was divided into two administrative divisions, viz., Northern and Southern. The Dakshina-Tosall division included Kongðda on the Puri-Ganjam border. The Somavants, who were in occupation of the Puri region, were apparently mentioned in the records of the imperial Gangas, who at first ruled from Kalinga-nagara (Mukhalingam in the Srikakulam District) and claimed to be Kalingas originally, as lords of Utkala.
. Cf. I, 1, 13-16 : Avantayo-nga- Magadhah Surashtra Dakshinapathah Upåvril-Sindhu-Sauvirà el sankirna. yönayab Araffán Karuskaran Pundran Sauviran Vangan Kalingan Pranündniti cha gatud punastomana yajela sarvaprishthaya na ath=apy=udaharanti | padbhyarh sa kurutė papan yah Kalingan prapadyate | rishayo nishkritim tasya prahur-vaisvānaram havih
C. Bagohi, Pre-Aryan and Pre-Dravidian in India, p. 74: Anga-Vanga-Kalingeshu Saurashtre Magadhdoh cha Hirtha-yatrá viná gachchhan punah-samakaram-arhati!
Cf. noto 4 above; also ibid, III, 83, 8: tato Vaitararit gachchhet sarva-papa-pramochanim | Virujan IIrthamadeddya vir alt yatha bab |
