Geography of Early Buddhism c10.36

c10.36

Khāravela has been described in his own inscription as Kaliṅgādhipati, and in the inscription of his chief queen as Kaliṅga Cakkavatti. The Hāthigumphā inscription clearly shows that the capital of Kaliṅga during the reign of Khāravela was Kaliṅganagara which has been satisfactorily identified with Mukhalingam on the Vamśadharā and the adjacent ruins in Ganjam district, Madras Presidency.