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116. INDIA AS DESCRIBED' IN EARLY TEXTS
'three dynasties of kings who reigned in Kalinga, the third being a Ceti or Cedi royal family to which Khāravela himself belonged. One of the ancient kings of the Kalingas was a contemporary and rival of Aruņa, the king of Assaka, who being defeated in battle, concluded a treaty by which he gave all his four daughters in marriage to the victor.1 Another king was a vassal under king Daņdaki. A third king, Karandu or Karakaņdu, was a contemporary of Naggaji of Gandhāra. In the Kālingabodhi Jātaka we read that the Kālinga king of Dantapura had two sons, Mahākālinga and Cullakālinga, the elder brother succeeding his father and the younger brother marrying a Madda princess from Sāgala while in exile. Cullakālinga's son, who was destined to be a Cakkavattī, was installed on the throne of Kalinga after the death of Mahākālinga.4 The Jātakas maintain also a tradition of a Kalinga king, named Nāļikira, who brought about destruction of his kingdom by ill-treating a hermit.5
The Kalinga country was conquered by Asoka and it was annexed to his kingdom. The people of Kalinga were so powerful at that
1 Jätaka, iü, p. 3f. a Ibid., v, p. 135.
Ibid., iii, p. 376f. 4 Ibid., iy, p. 232f.
Ibid., v, p. 144.
