Geography of Early Buddhism c10.38

c10.38

According to the Raghuvamśa (IV, 38-43) the Kaliṅga country lay to the south of Vaṅga beyond the river Kapisā (modern Kāsāi on which stands Midnapore) and stretched southwards so far as to include Mt. Mahendra (portions of the Eastern Ghats above the river Godāvarī). According to the Mahābhārata (Vanaparva, CXIV, 10096-10107) the ancient Kaliṅga country seems to have comprised modern Orissa to the south of the Vaitaranī and the sea coast southward as far as Vizagapatam and its capital was Rājapura (Śāntiparva, IV). According to the Kurma Purāna (II, XXXIX, 19) it included the Amarakantaka hills. (CAGI., pp. 734-735).