The History Of Kalinga
Introduction The name of chakraborty emperor Ashoka was also assaociated with kalinga .The Ashoka was a great emperor of a world famous and powerful mourya dynasty of India.Ashoka ruled entire India but kalinga was the only area he could not rule.Kalinga was a region where ashoka fought battles and changed his heart and spirit.Kalinga has been known by many names from ancient times to medival times,the region was known as kalinga,utkal,utkarat,od,odesh,chedi,odrastra,trikalinga,dakshina,kalinga,kaushal,tashali,gangodh,and mats.After the middle ages,this region was known as odisha. History of Kalinga In ancient times most of the orissa was known as kalinga.Emperor Ashoka conquered kalinga in 268 BC.After seeing terrible bloodshed in the war, he finally embraced the buddhism.Emperor Ashoka also promoted buddhism and his inscriptions at various places.Emperor Ashoka wanted to preach buddhism in kalinga.Therefore in many caves,they made many sculptures and inscriptions of buddhism.He ru...