The Oriya people are an ethnic group of eastern India and of eastern Indo-Aryan stock. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country They are found primarily in the coastal province of Orissa, with minority populations in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. Orissa (ଓଡ଼ିଶା is a state located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. West Bengal ( Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchim Bônggo poʃtʃim bɔŋgo is a state in eastern India. The Oriya people are well known for their impressive history of Sun worship, and Orissa is home to some of the oldest Sun temples in India, including Konark. "Sun god" redirects here For the Ramsey Lewis album see Sun Goddess (album. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Konark ( Sanskrit: कोनार्क) is a small town in Puri district of They can trace their history to the early Indo-Aryan Kalingas, who built a mighty eastern coastal empire here that was later absorbed into the Mauryan empire. Kalinga was a Kingdom in central-eastern India, which comprised most of the modern state of Orissa, as well as some northern areas of the bordering state The Maurya Empire ( 322 – 185 BCE) ruled by the Mauryan dynasty was a geographically extensive and powerful political and military There are also descendants of the Dravidian peoples, now found chiefly in South India, and the early Austro-Asiatic peoples, whose tribal descendants still live in large numbers in Orissa. Dravidian peoples refers to the peoples that natively speak languages belonging to the Dravidian language family. South India is the area encompassing India 's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union The Austro-Asiatic languages are a large Language family of Southeast Asia, and also scattered throughout India and Bangladesh.

See also

• List of people from Orissa
• List of Oriya Writers
• Oriya language
• Oriya script
• Oriya literature

External links

• www.odia.org Oriya cultural site
• Article on Oriya People

This is a list of famous and notable people from Orissa, India. This is a list of famous and notable Oriya language writers from Orissa, India. Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ oṛiā) is one of the Indian Languages mainly spoken in the Indian state of Orissa. The Oriya script is used to write the Oriya language, and can be used for several other Indian languages for example Sanskrit. Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ oṛiā) is an official language of the state of Orissa, India, a region known at different stages of history as Kalinga Udra Utkala

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