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 (caste), an Indian caste of temple priests and cultivators 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 locality 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
• 26214 Kalinga, an asteroid
• INS Kalinga, an Indian Navy establishment at Visakhapatnam