Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.877

c19.877

In the Hāthigumphā Inscriptions we are told that king Khāravela brought back to his realm from Anga-Magadha the throne of Jina which had been carried from Kalinga by king Nanda. According to the Mahābhārata, the ancient Kalinga seems to have comprised modern Orissa to the south of Vaitaranī and the sea-coast southward as far as Vizagapatam, and its capital was Rājapura.³¹⁵