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Kalinga


Kalinga


Kalinga may refer to:

Geography, linguistics and/or ethnology

  • Kalinga (historical region), a historical region of India
    • Kalinga (Mahabharata), an apocryphal kingdom mentioned in classical Indian literature
    • Kalinga script, an ancient writing system invented in the ancient Kingdom of Kalinga
    • Kalinga architecture
    • Kalinga (caste), an Indian caste found between the districts of Ganjam and Vizagapatam
    • Kalinga War, fought c. 262 BCE between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and the state of Kalinga
  • Kalinga people, an ethnic group in the Philippines
    • Kalinga language, spoken in the Philippines
    • Kalinga-Apayao, a former province in the Philippines
    • Kalinga (province), in the Philippines
  • Kalinga, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia
    • Kalinga Park, a park in the same suburb
  • Kalingga, an ancient Indianized kingdom in Java

Musical instruments

  • Kalinga or galinga, a musical instrument known otherwise as the ground bow
  • Kalinga, the sacred, dynastic drum of Rwanda, known elsewhere in Africa as Ngoma drums

Others

  • Kalinga (film), a 2006 Tamil-language film from India
  • Kalinga (gastropod), a genus of sea slugs
  • Kalinga Airlines, a private airline based in Calcutta
  • Kalinga Prize, a UNESCO prize awarded for the popularisation of science
  • Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • 26214 Kalinga, an asteroid
  • INS Kalinga, an Indian Navy establishment at Visakhapatnam

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