ग्रीक राजथान्दै मेहास्थेनीजआ थामथि जौथाय खृष्ट'गिबिनि गेजेराव गावनि इन्डिकायाव कलिंग'नि रौनिया हान्जानि गोहोनि फारसे जुनिया नोजोर बोदोंमोन:
The Greek ambassador Megasthenes took special note of the military strength of Kalinga in his Indica in the middle of the 3rd century BC: