A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c13.44

c13.44

In concluding the political history of the period we may note that Kalinga was throughout under the rule of the line of Eastern Gangas, who in spite of their name have no apparent connexion in this period with the Gangas of Mysore. They dated their inscriptions in an era of their own, beginning with the equivalent of A.D. 498. Their external contacts were few, though sometimes the politics of the Telugu country to the south under the Vishnukundins and their successors, the Eastern Chālukyas, occasionally forced itself on their attention. They made their submission to Pulakeśin II (c. 620) when he invaded the eastern Deccan and later perhaps also to the Rāshṭrakūṭa Dantidurga (c. 750). But to judge from their grants they generally led a peaceful existence without disturbing their neighbours or being troubled by them.