Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.37

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c8.s3.37

From the Śrī-śaila up to the middle of the distance between the same and Coleśa lies the Tailaṅga country. Coleśa may indicate the god of the celebrated Bṛhadeśvara temple at Tañjāvūr. Tailaṅga is the same as the name Telengana and is related to Telugu. But the origin of this geographical name is unknown. The author’s separation of Tailaṅga from Andhra (v. 11) is comparable to that of Kāliṅga from Kaliṅga (vv. 4-5). Really Tailaṅga means the Telugu-speaking area which is the same as Andhra.² An inscription³ of 1358 A. D. gives the following boundaries of the Tilinga or Tailaṅga country :

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