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One of the well-known events in the history of Aśoka is the conquest of Kalinga which probably took place about 261 B. C. and it is not astonishing to find an inscription of Aśoka at Dhauli. This town situated in the delta of the Mahânadî is in all probability the ancient Tosalî, capital of the kingdom of Kalinga; for, according to Mr. Haraprashad Sastri, Tosalî is etymologically identical with Dhauli. It is not more astonishing that there is another inscription at Jaugada (Ganjam District, Madras Presidency), as this place certainly formed part of the kingdom of Kalinga (concerning the Kalinga edicts, see Ind. Ant., Vol V, pp. 82-102; see also Arch. Surv. Southern India, Amarâvati, by Burgess, pp. 114-25).