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kingdom and a country with its capital at Dantapura (Palura of a Nāgārjunikonda inscription), situated near Chicacole on the Bay of Bengal. But the Apadana (ii, pp. 358-59) mentions at the same time Oḍda (Oḍra) and Okkala (Sk. Utkala) representing two distinct parts of Orissa. The Mekala country which finds mention in the Apadana was probably a tract of land comprising the modern Amarakanṭaka hills and adjoining locality. The Telaväha is mentioned in the Jātaka (i, p. 111) as a river in the Serivaraṭṭha near Andhapura.
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