Vaṅga
Vaṅga · vaṅga, “the kingdom named after Vaṅga, son of Bali”
Vaṅga is a kingdom in the east of Bhārata. The Bhāgavata Purāṇa tells that it was founded by Vaṅga, one of the six sons born in the wife of King Bali of the line of Anu from the maharshi Dīrghatamas, and that it bears his name. His brothers Aṅga, Kaliṅga, Suhma, Puṇḍra and Andhra each founded a kingdom of his own name in the same eastern direction.
The six eastern kingdoms
Śuka tells Parīkshit the line of Anu, son of Yayāti. Titikshu, son of Mahāmanas, had a son Ruśadratha; Ruśadratha’s son was Hema, Hema’s son Sutapas, and Sutapas’s son was Bali, a king of the line of Anu. In the wife of Bali Mahārāja, from the maharshi Dīrghatamas, son of Utathya, six sons were born: Aṅga, Vaṅga, Kaliṅga, Suhma, Puṇḍra and Andhra. They established six kingdoms in the eastern direction, each by his own name. So Vaṅga is the kingdom of Vaṅga, and its neighbours are the kingdoms of his brothers.
Source: Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 23
Sources
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 23