Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c12.s8.8
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c12.s8.8
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² Dr. Barua (op. cit. p. 276n) objects to a Nanda conquest (or domination) of any part of Kaliṅga on the ground that the province "had remained unconquered (*avijita*) till the 7th year of Aśoka's reign". But the claim of the Maurya secretariat is on a par with Jahāngīr's boast that "not one of the Sultans of lofty dignity has obtained the victory over it" (*i.e.*, Kangra, Rogers, *Tūzuk*, II. 184). Kaliṅgas appear in the Purāṇas among the contemporaries of the Saiśunāgas who were overpowered by Nanda, the *Sarva-Kshatrāntaka*.