The kingdom founded by the king Anga, son of Bali.

This kingdom had Anagabhu, Draviradha, Dharmaradha, Romapada (Lomapada), Chaturanga, Pridhulaksha, Brihadratha, Brihanmanas, Jayadratha, Vijaya, Driddhavrita, Satyakarma, Adhiratha, Karna, Vrishasena as kings. Karna was Adhiratha’s adopted son. Adhiratha was a subject king of Dhritarashtra, Pandu etc.

Once, in Hastinapura, the Pandavas and Kauravas were showing their skills with weapons, the Pandavas questioned the lineage of Karna, who was on the Kaurava side. According to the Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 136, Duryodhana immediately crowned Karna the king of Anga.

Lomapada (Romapada), a king of Anga, once cheated a brahmin. As a result, all the brahmins in the kingdom left the land, following which the kingdom suffered from drought for quite a few years. A few sages visited the king and told him that if the maharshi Rishyashringa was brought to Anga, it would rain.

Once, Kashyapa was so infatuated with Urvashi that he ejaculated. It fell into a river and was consumed by a deer. The deer later gave birth to a human offspring with horns. He was called Rishyashringa and grew up in the ashram of the sage Vibhandaka, deep inside the forest. He had never seen a woman in his life, and such was the spiritual power he attained that he could bring rains wherever he went. Lomapada sent many prostitutes to Rishyashringa, who was enticed enough to visit Anga. Lomapada got his daughter Shanta married to Rishyashringa. According to Mahabharata Aranyaparva Chapters 110-113, Lomapada was a friend of Dasarath.

It is believed by some that Anga got its name from its first king. Others cite a story to claim that the name already existed before. The devas conspired to get Shiva married to Parvati. Kama distracted Shiva’s meditation and was burned by Shiva’s third eye. As per Ramayana Balakanda Sarga 26, Kama’s male organ fell, and the place where it landed was called Anga, and Kama himself came to be called Ananga.

According to the Hindishabdsagar, Anga consisted of Bhagalpur and Munger in Bihar and its capital was Champapuri, and at times, the kingdom extended from Vaidyanathanama to Bhubaneshwar.

As per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 219 verse 9, Arjuna visited Anga during his pilgrimage.

According to the Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 52 verse 16, the king of Anga had attended Yudhishtira’s rajasuya yajna in Indraprastha.

As per Mahabharata Dronaparva Chapter 11 verse 15, and Chapter 7 verse 12, respectively, Krishna and Parashurama had earlier defeated the Anga kingdom.

According to Mahabharata Karnaparva Chapter 17 verse 12, the Anga army attacked Arjuna on the 16th day of the war. As per Karnaparva Chapter 22 verse 2, they attacked Dhrishtadyumna and the king of Panchala.

As per Dronaparva Chapter 26, verses 14-17, a mahout from Anga attacked Bhima. Bhima killed the elephant and the mahout.