The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c21.52

c21.52

Eastwards, the empire comprised the whole of Bengal (Vanga) as far as the mouths of the Ganges, where Tāmralipti,¹ the modern Tamlūk, was the principal port. The strip of coast to the north of the Godāvarī river, known as Kalinga, was annexed in 261 b. c. Farther south, the Āndhra kingdom, between the Godāvarī and the Krishnā (Kistna), appears to have been in some measure subordinate to the Emperor, though administered by its own Rājas. On the south-east, the N. Pennār river may be regarded as the limit of the imperial jurisdiction.