History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c8.5

v1.c8.5

The political divisions of the country of Kaliṅga were very different. The Medinipur and Balasore districts, along with that portion of the country which lay towards the north of the Brāhmaṇī-Vaitaraṇī was called Utkala, the central tract consisting of the modern districts of Cuttack, Puri, and the Northern part of the Ganjam district, along with some of the small states on both banks of Mahānadī, such as Ranpur, Nayagadh, Khandpara Daspalla, Tigiria and Athgadh, was called Tosala. Most probably the country between the Chilka lake and Mahendragiri was called Koṅgoda or Koṅgada, because one of the charters make it clear that Koṅgada was situated in Southern Tosala. There are distinct mentions of two different Tosalas in later inscriptions, one of which must be to the north of the Chilka and the other to the south extending as far as the Ghumsur Taluga of the Ganjam district. The reference in Jātakas to the river Telavāhā as being the boundary of Kaliṅga or Andhra is impossible to believe, because in the tract now traversed by the modern river Tel there is no sign of any Telugu-speaking people.