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king Nanda. The Purānic as well as the Ceylonese, chroniclers know of the existence of only one Nanda line and agree with Jaina tradition in taking nava to moan nine (and not new ).2 They represent Nandivardhana as a king of the Saišunāga line-a dynasty which is sharply distinguished from the Nandas. The Purūnas contain nothing to show that Nandivardhana had anything to do with Kalinga.3 On the contrary, we are distinctly told that when the saišunāgas and their predecessors were reigning in Magadha 32 kings ruled in Kalinga synchronously. "It is not Nandivardhana but Mahāpadma Nanda who is said to have brought ‘all under his sole sway' and 'uprooted all Kshatriyas.' So we should identify Naņdarāja of the. Hāthigumphā inscription who held possession of Kalinga either with the all-conquering Mahāpadma Nanda or one of his sons."
1 Cf. Kathā-särit-sāgara, Durgāprasād and Parab's edition, p. 10.
2 Cf. Jacobi, Parisishtaparva, VIII. 3 ; App. p. 2 : 'Namdavamse Navamo Namdarāyā.
3 Chanda, Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, No. 1, p. 11. .
