Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.209

c7.209

In the fifth century A.D. the well-known Komarti grant introduces us to a Śrī Mahārāja named Candravarman, who is described as Kaliṅgādhipati or the lord of Kaliṅga (Sewell, Historical Inscriptions of Southern India, p. 18). To this dynasty Umāvarman and Viśākhavarman, who were the lords of Kaliṅga, probably belonged. To about the same date as that of the Komarti grant may be ascribed the inscription of a certain Kaliṅgādhipati Vāsiṣṭhiputra Śaktivarman of the Māṭhara family who granted from Piṣṭapura (Pithapuram) the village of Rākaḷuva in Kaliṅgaviṣaya (E.I., XII, pp. 1ff.). A copperplate grant of eastern Calukya king Bhīma I mentions a village in Elamañci-Kaliṅgadeśa, which formed part of a province called Devarāṣṭra. According to the Kharod Inscription of Ratnadeva III, the lord of Kaliṅga was the youngest son of Kokalla (E.I., XXI, p. 159). According to some Kaliṅgarāja came to be regarded as the son and not merely a descendant of Kokalla. The Kharod Inscription further says that Kaliṅgarāja became the Lord of Tummāṇa, which has been identified by some with Tumana in the Bilaspur district (I.A., LIII, pp. 267ff.). According to the Amoda plates, Kaliṅgarāja churned the king of Utkala and contributed prosperity to the treasury of Gāṅgeyadeva (E.I., XIX, p. 75). According to a South Indian Inscription dated 1135 A.D., a Gaṅga king of Kaliṅga was defeated by Durjaya Maṇḍa II (E.I., VI, 276). The ruler of Kaliṅga along with those of Kāñcī, Kośala, Mālava, Lāṭa, Taṅka, etc., was defeated by Dantidurga, according to the Ellora Inscription, V. 23, and the Begumra plates of Indra III (E.I., IX, 24ff.).