The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t35.2

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The following notes are taken from various sources. About A.D. 450 Vāsisthīputra Saktivarman was king of Kalinga, according to the Rāgōlu C.-P. inscription (*E. I. xii. 2*), and reigned at Pīthāpūr, N. of the Godavari river. About A.D. 500-525 the Vishnukundin princes seem to have driven the Kalinga king out of his dominions, the conqueror making his residence at Dendalūru, (*J. B. B. R. A. S. xvi. 116*). Sometime between A.D. 500 and 615 we hear of two kings of Kalinga, *Nandaprabhañjana* and *Sāmantavarma* (*I. A. 1884. 48*; *E. I. xv. 275*). About A.D. 615 the Kalinga monarchy was crushed by the Chālukya prince Kubja-Vishnuvardhana, who established the Eastern Chālukya dynasty.