Kalinga Under The Eastern Gangas (Ca. 900 A.D.- 1200 A.D.)

The book Kalinga under the Eastern Gangas (Ca. 900 A.D. to 1200 A.D.) is an exceptional work as it concentrates on a very detailed study of various aspects of the administrative set up of the Ganga state. His work begins with a comprehensive outline of the political history of the Eastern Gangas which is followed by a detailed survey of the general set up of the administrative machinery of the State. This descriptive chapter contains a thorough study of the subject. An interesting new contribution to this subject is the discovery of Rajavidya and Gangavidya as salient features of the Ganga kingship. - The author analyses with great care the 'nayankara system' which later on became very important in the Vijayanagara administrative set up of the Empire.

Sri N. Mukunda Rao, (b. 1939) did his graduation in the Hindu College, Guntur in 1960 and won prizes for academic excellences. In 1962, he took his Post Graduate Degree in History, Archaeology, Epigraphy and Numis matics from the Andhra University, Waltair. He joined the Epigraphy branch, Archaeology and Museums, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad in 1965. He is presently Chief Epigraphical Officer in the Department. Several of his research papers on Epigraphy and Numismatics appeared in the leading Journals. Published works to his credit are: "Temple Inscriptions of Andhra Pradesh Vol. I (Srikakulam District) in 1980 as co-author; a monograph entitled "Three Grants from Rägölu" in 1982 published by the Government of Andhra Pradesh; Simhachalam Temple Inscriptions (1987), by Endowments Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh and presently Kurnool District Volume of Inscriptions.

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