History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c8.19
History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c8.19
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Very little of the coast-land of Orissa was known to the ancients. Ptolemy mentions a number of places on the sea-coast of Orissa, but none of them can be identified on account of the changes of names, though abortive attempts have been made by many to do so. The northernmost point in Ptolemy's map identifiable at present is Maisolos¹, which is the same as modern Masulipatam and the ancient Musala-pattana, being the capital of the Mosalas or Musalas, a southern tribe who are classed with the Andhras in the Purāṇas.