Ancient History of the Deccan c5.s5.19

c5.s5.19

We have six documents that give us information about the kings of Kalinga. We have said that, about A. D. 340, Samudra-Gupta met on the coast of Orissa with Maṇṭarāja, king of Korāla, Svāmidatta of Koṭṭūra, Damana of Eraṇḍapali and Mahendra of Piṣṭāpura. The last of them had probably the title of king of Kalinga : we shall see, in fact, that Śaktivarman ( Ragolu plates ) who also reigned at Piṣṭāpura had this title. The six documents we have mentioned being all in Sanskrit are probably posterior to the year 400 A. D. On the other hand the coast of Orissa was conquered by Pulakēśin II ( Aihole inscription ) about 609 A. D. and was probably shared between the Eastern Chālukyas in the south and the Eastern Gaṅgas in the north. The dates of the 6 documents in question are therefore between 400 and 600 A. D.