Daya River

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Daya River, a tributary of Mahanadi, flows through the districts of Khordha and Puri in Orissa in India. The historically important Dhauli hills are located on the banks of the river Daya, 8 km south of Bhubaneswar in Orissa (India. It is a hill with vast open space adjoining it, and has major Edicts of Ashoka engraved on a mass of rock, by the side of the road leading to the summit of the hill. Dhauli hill is presumed to be the area where Kalinga War was fought.