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{{Short description|River in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2013}}

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| name = Daya River
| native_name = {{native name|or|ଦୟା ନଦୀ}}
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| image = Kalinga battlefield daya river dhauli hills.jpg
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| image_caption = Banks of the River Daya, also the supposed battlefield of [[Kalinga (historical kingdom)|Kalinga War]] from atop Dhauli hills
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| source1 = [[Kuakhai River]]
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[[File:Mahanadi-Koyakhai distributray system.jpg|thumb|right|An illustration of [[Mahanadi River|Mahanadi]] Koyakhai distributary system in [[Odisha]], India draining into [[Bay of Bengal]] and [[Chilka lake]]. Picture not drawn to scale]]
The '''Daya River''' starts as a branch of the [[Kuakhai River]] at Saradeipur (near Badahati) in [[Odisha]] state in [[India]]. It is joined by the [[Malaguni River]] below [[Golabai]] and flows through [[Khordha District|Khordha]] and [[Puri District|Puri]] districts before emptying into the north-eastern corner of [[Chilika Lake]], {{convert|37|km|mi}} from its origin.<ref name="Daya">{{cite web|url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Daya-River-36455.htm|title=Daya River|year=2005|work=India |publisher=Online Highways LLC.|access-date=2008-12-23}}</ref>

The historically important [[Dhauli|Dhauli hill]] is located on the banks of the Daya River, {{convert|8|km|mi|0}} south of [[Bhubaneswar]]. 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kainiraka |first=Sanu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1LJqCwAAQBAJ |title=From Indus to Independence - A Trek Through Indian History: Vol I Prehistory to the Fall of the Mauryas |date=2016-03-01 |publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-93-85563-14-0 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Hydrography of Odisha}}
{{Mahanadi Basin}}

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[[Category:Rivers of Odisha]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Mahanadi River]]
[[Category:Geography of Bhubaneswar]]

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DyanLeMessurier at 13:27, 3 August 2025