Kalinganagara

Kalinganagara was an early capital of the Eastern Ganga rulers, identified with the site of Mukhalingam on the Vamsadhara River. Its stone temples and inscriptions preserve the memory of a court that ruled southern Kalinga before the dynasty’s power extended farther north. The river carried the name of this inland centre towards the Bay of Bengal, while the temples testify to the religious patronage of the Ganga kings.