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towards Kalinganagari (v. 21) which is said to have been the
capital of the Kalinga country. From verse 22 the town
appears to have been not far away from the sea. The descrip-
tion of the king of Kalinga as given by Kālidāsa' also leads
us to infer that it was on the sea-shore.
Its identification with Mukhalingam in the Ganjam District
which is not far from the sea shore seems to have been conclu-
sively proved. It was the capital of the Eastern Ganga kings of
Kalinga. There seems to be no strong reasons in favour of
upholding the original identification of this capital with Kalinga-
patam simply on the ground that it agrees more faithfully with
the description of poets"; for such descriptions need not be taken
literally.
From Kalinganagari the wind has to advance direct north
and reach the Vindhyan region presumably somewhere near the
Amarakantaka hill where the river Narmada has its rise.
Thus just after its visit to the Vindhya range, the wind is asked
to go to the Narmada. The Bhillas are mentioned as inhabiting
the Vindhya region. Their connection with that region is
also attested to by the Kathāsaritsägara (XIII. 32-12). They
were a wild mountain race, probably the ancestors of the Bhils
who live in the Vindhya hills, in the forests of Malwa,
Mewar, Khandesh etc..
Women of the S'abaras are mentioned in the Vindhyan
region in verse 25. They are known to have been wild tribes
dwelling in that region. Bāņa's Kadambari' refers to them in that
1. Raghuvams'a VI. 53 56, 2. Orissa in the mang-B. C.
Majumdar p. 37-8. Epigraphia Indica-IV. 187-8.
3. शवरसेनापतिभिरभिहन्य मानकेशरिशता विख्याटवी । Kadambari (Peter
son's edition). p. 19.
towards Kalinganagari (v. 21) which is said to have been the
capital of the Kalinga country. From verse 22 the town
appears to have been not far away from the sea. The descrip-
tion of the king of Kalinga as given by Kālidāsa' also leads
us to infer that it was on the sea-shore.
Its identification with Mukhalingam in the Ganjam District
which is not far from the sea shore seems to have been conclu-
sively proved. It was the capital of the Eastern Ganga kings of
Kalinga. There seems to be no strong reasons in favour of
upholding the original identification of this capital with Kalinga-
patam simply on the ground that it agrees more faithfully with
the description of poets"; for such descriptions need not be taken
literally.
From Kalinganagari the wind has to advance direct north
and reach the Vindhyan region presumably somewhere near the
Amarakantaka hill where the river Narmada has its rise.
Thus just after its visit to the Vindhya range, the wind is asked
to go to the Narmada. The Bhillas are mentioned as inhabiting
the Vindhya region. Their connection with that region is
also attested to by the Kathāsaritsägara (XIII. 32-12). They
were a wild mountain race, probably the ancestors of the Bhils
who live in the Vindhya hills, in the forests of Malwa,
Mewar, Khandesh etc..
Women of the S'abaras are mentioned in the Vindhyan
region in verse 25. They are known to have been wild tribes
dwelling in that region. Bāņa's Kadambari' refers to them in that
1. Raghuvams'a VI. 53 56, 2. Orissa in the mang-B. C.
Majumdar p. 37-8. Epigraphia Indica-IV. 187-8.
3. शवरसेनापतिभिरभिहन्य मानकेशरिशता विख्याटवी । Kadambari (Peter
son's edition). p. 19.