Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.208

c7.208

Most of the early Gaṅgās of Kaliṅga like Hastivarman (E.I., XXIII, 65), Indravarman (E.I., XXV, 195), Devendravarman (E.I., XXVI, 63), who described themselves as lords of Kaliṅga issued their grants from the victorious camp at Kaliṅganagara. (E.I., XXVI, 67). The plates of the early Gaṅgā kings of Kaliṅga, like Jayavarmadeva and Indravarman, refer to the victorious residence of Śvetaka (E.I., XXIII, 261; XXIV, 181; XXVI, 167), which has been identified with Cikaṭi, in the Ganjam district. For a list of ancient districts of Kaliṅga country as mentioned in the different Kaliṅga inscriptions of various dates, vide Indian Culture, XIV, p. 137.