Kalinga may refer to:

Geography, linguistics and/or ethnology

Kalinga (region) Kalinga is a historical region of India. It is generally defined as the Eastern coastal plains, eastern coastal region between the Ganges and the Godavari rivers, although its boundaries have fluctuated with the territory of its rulers. The co ...

, a historical region of India **

Kalinga (Mahabharata) Kalinga is a kingdom described in the legendary Indian text ''Mahabharata''. They were a warrior clan who settled in and around the historical Kalinga region, present-day Odisha and northern parts of Andhra Pradesh. According to political sci ...

, an apocryphal kingdom mentioned in classical Indian literature **

Kalinga script The Kalinga script or Southern Nagari is a Brahmic script used in the region of what is now modern-day Odisha, India and was primarily used to write Odia language in the inscriptions of the kingdom of Kalinga (historical kingdom), Kalinga which ...

, an ancient writing system invented in the ancient Kingdom of Kalinga **

Kalinga architecture The Kaliṅga architectural style is a style of Hindu architecture which flourished in the ancient Kalinga previously known as Utkal and in present eastern Indian state of Odisha. The style consists of three distinct types of temples: Rekha ...

Kalingi Kālingi (also Kalinga and Kālinji) is a Hindu warrior caste residing in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. In Andhra, they are primarily found in the erstwhile Srikakulam district with smaller numbers in neighbouring districts. They ...

, an Indian caste found between the districts of Ganjam and Vizagapatam **

Kalinga War The Kalinga war (ended )Le Huu Phuoc, Buddhist Architecture, Grafikol 2009, p.30 was fought in ancient India between the Mauryan Empire under Ashoka the Great and Kalinga, an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast, in the presen ...

, fought between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and the state of Kalinga *

Kalinga people The Kalinga people () are an indigenous ethnic group whose ancestral domain is in the Cordillera Mountain Range of the northern Philippines. They are mainly found in Kalinga province which has an area of 3,282.58 sq. km. Some of them, howe ...

, an ethnic group in the Philippines **

Kalinga language Kalinga () is a dialect continuum of Kalinga Province in the Philippines, spoken by the Kalinga people, alongside Ilocano. The Banao Itneg variety is not one of the neighboring Itneg languages. Dialects Ronald Himes (1997) divides Kalinga in ...

, spoken in the Philippines **

Kalinga-Apayao Kalinga-Apayao () was a province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon. It was formed, along with Benguet, Ifugao, and the new Mountain Province, from the earlier Mountain Province, with the passage ...

, a former province in the Philippines **

Kalinga (province) Kalinga (), officially the Province of Kalinga (; ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines situated within the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital (and largest city) is Tabuk and borders Mountain Province to the sou ...

, in the Philippines *

Kalinga, Queensland Kalinga is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kalinga had a population of 2,126 people. Geography Kalinga is bounded by Kedron Brook to the north. The Kedron Brook bikeway fol ...

, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia **

Kalinga Park Kalinga Park is a heritage-listed park at 100 Bertha Street, Kalinga (formerly part of Wooloowin), City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The eastern section of the park borders neighbouring Clayfield. It is also known as Anzac Memorial Par ...

, a park in the same suburb *

Kalingga Kingdom Kalingga (; zh, t=訶陵, p=Hēlíng; Middle Chinese: ɑ.lɨŋ or She-po or She-bo ( zh, c=闍婆, p=Shépó; Middle Chinese: ͡ʑia.buɑ in Chinese sources, or Ho-ling in Arabic scriptures of Umayyad Caliphate era; was a 6th-century Indian ...

, an ancient Indianized kingdom in Java

Musical instruments

* ''Kalinga'' or ''galinga'', a musical instrument known otherwise as the

ground bow The ground-bow, also known as an earth-bow or ground harp, is a single-string bow-shaped folk musical instrument, classified as a chordophone. It is known in cultures of equatorial

*''Kalinga'', the sacred, dynastic drum of Rwanda, known elsewhere in Africa as

Ngoma drums Ngoma (also called engoma or ng'oma or ingoma) are musical instruments used by certain Bantu peoples, Bantu populations of Africa. ''Ngoma'' is derived from the Kongo language, Kongo word for "drum". Different Bantu-inhabited regions have their o ...

Others

* ''Kalinga'' (film), a 2006 Tamil-language film from India * ''Kalinga'' (gastropod), a genus of sea slugs *

Kalinga Airlines Kalinga Airlines was a private airline based in Calcutta, India. It was founded in 1947 by aviator and politician Biju Patnaik, who was also the airline's chief pilot. The airline was nationalised and merged into Indian Airlines in 1953. It rest ...

, a private airline based in Calcutta *

Kalinga Prize The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in popularization of science, presenting scientific ideas to lay people. It was created in 1952, following a donation from Biju Patnaik, Founder ...

, a UNESCO prize awarded for the popularisation of science *

Kalinga Stadium The Kalinga Stadium is a Multi-purpose stadium, multi-purpose international sports complex in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Its foundation stone was laid by then chief minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik in 1978. It is best known as the home ground ...

, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India *

26214 Kalinga 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane. A hexagon ...

, an asteroid *

INS Kalinga INS Kalinga is an Indian Navy establishment reporting to the Eastern Naval Command. It is responsible for preparing, storing and delivering advanced missiles to ships of the Eastern Fleet. INS Kalinga was commissioned on 21 November 1985. Over ...

, an Indian Navy establishment at Visakhapatnam

Geography, linguistics and/or ethnology

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