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 alphabet, 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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