The Mathara (IAST: Māṭhara) dynasty ruled in the Kalinga region of eastern India during 4th and 5th centuries CE.

[4] Shaktivarman is the earliest known ruler of the dynasty, and bore the title Kalingadhipati ("Lord of Kalinga").

[7] It records the grant of Rakaluva area (modern Ragolu in Srikakulam district) to Brahmanas.

[5] The inscription suggests that Shaktivarman's Kalinga kingdom extended up to the Godavari River in the south.

[5] The Simhapura inscription of his son claims that Shaktivarman ruled the region between the Mahanadi and the Kṛṣṇavennā (Krishna) river.

This claim seems to be an exaggeration: during 5th and the 6th centuries, the area between the Godavari and the Krishna rivers was controlled by the Shalankayanas and then the Vishnukundinas.

The inscription records the grant of Andoreppa village (modern Andhavaram in Srikakulam district) to Brahmanas.

It names Arjunadatta as a royal officer (deśākṣapatalādhikṛta); he seems to be same as the daṇḍanāyaka mentioned in Shaktivarman's inscription.

[6] The following copper-plate inscriptions of the Mathara kings are known:[11] All the records are in Sanskrit language, written in a southern variety of the Brahmi script.