Tribes in Ancient India c36.42

c36.42

Earlier, however, by about two centuries (i.e. fifth century A.D.) there is the well-known Komarti grant² which introduces us to a Śrī Mahārāja named Candravarman who is described as Kalingādhipati (lord of Kalinga). To his dynasty, probably, also belonged Umavarman and Viśākhavarman who were both evidently lords of Kalinga. To about the same date as that of the Komarti grant, may be ascribed the inscription of a certain Kalingādhipati Vāsiṣṭhīputra Śaktivarman of the Māthara family who granted from Piṣṭapura (= Pithāpuram) the village of Rākuḷuva in the Kalingavisaya.¹ In the Aihole Inscriptions (634-35 A.D.) Pulakesin II claims to have subdued the Kalingas along with the Kosalas and took the fortress of Piṣṭapura.² One at least of the Vākāṭaka kings is credited with having conquered the Andhra and Kalinga countries; he was Hariṣeṇa, the father-in-law of Mādhavavarman the Viṣṇukundin.³ Towards the middle of the seventh century Kalinga seems to have come, for a time at least, under the sway of Kāmarūpa. One of her kings, Harṣadeva or Śrī Harṣa, is described in a contemporary Nepalese inscription to have been the king of Gauḍa, Oḍra, Kalinga, Kosala and other countries.⁴