The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.35

v2.c17.35

Now, the Buddhist annals relate that when S'ākya died in 543 B.C., the kings of Kaliṅga were potentates of great influence, and obtained a share of his relices ¹⁷ Their capital, which would naturally be called Kaliṅga-nagarī, was then an important seat of Buddhism, worthy of being reckoned as one of the ten leading sovereignties which were to receive a share each of the said relics. One of the eye-teeth of the great saint was then assigned to it; and that tooth formed the subject of contention for several centuries afterwards, until it was removed to Ceylon. It would seem that the tooth in question was originally deposited in Kaliṅga-nagarī, thence removed to Dāntan or Dantapurī near Pipli, thence to Pāṭaliputra, thence back to Orissa, Teliṅgānā and Ceylon. From the last-named place it—or its substitute—went through a long series of migrations until burnt to [62] ashes at Goa by order of Don Constantine, the Portuguese Viceroy, before an imposing assembly of prelates and notables of the old city of Goa, as it was said, "for the promotion of the glory of God, the honour and prestige of Christianity, and the salvation of souls;"¹⁸ but even then to reappear and to find a resting-place at the Māligāva temple at Kandy in Ceylon. Taking these facts into consideration it would not be unreasonable to suppose that the kings meant were of the same city which is named in the inscriptions.