[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.vaidya-1921) › v1.c19.2 # History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c19.2 History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c19.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.vaidya-1921.v1.c19.2) (The kingdoms noticed by Hiuen Tsang after Odra or Orissa upto the Kṛṣṇa river are Kongadu or Ganjam, Kalinga, Kośala, Āndhra and Dhanakataka. Dhankataka with Amraoti as its capital on the Kṛṣṇa we have identified with Vengi while Kongadu or Ganjam was frequently included in Orissa. In Kalinga no king is mentioned by Hiuen Tsang. ‘The people’ he says “are headstrong but fair and clean of speech. They differ somewhat from mid-India in talk and manners. There were few Buddhists. The majority belonged to other religions.” This description shows that Kalinga was in the higher ranks populated by Aryans and mixed Aryans and that it was subject at this time either to Orissa or to Vengi. After the time of Hiuen Tsang Kalinga, Kongatu and Āndhra formed one province and as we have already said this Trikalinga was long subject to Vengi; and hence we need not try to trace a separate history for Kalinga. But the case is different with Kośala and Āndhra above the Eastern ghats and we will try in two chapters to trace their history. Some inscriptions are available for Kośala and we may also glean valuable information from Hunter's Orissa as also from the Central Provinces Gazetteer for 1879). - [Previous: v1.c18.s3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.vaidya-1921.v1.c18.s3.20) - [Next: v1.c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.vaidya-1921.v1.c19.3) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.vaidya-1921.v1.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.vaidya-1921.v1.c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.vaidya-1921.v1.c19.2) · Pramāṇa