The Vasishtha (IAST: Vāsiṣṭha) dynasty ruled in the Kalinga region of eastern India in the fifth century CE.
They were one of the three minor dynasties that emerged after the decline of the Gupta power in the area, the other two being the Matharas and the Pitrbhaktas.
The city was presumably the capital of a region called Devarashtra (within Kalinga), which Anantavarman inherited from his ancestors.
[3] According to the Allahabad Pillar inscription, the Gupta emperor Samudragupta defeated the kings of Devarashtra and Pishtapura during his southern invasion.
[3] The following copper-plate inscriptions of the Vasishtha kings are known:[4][5] All the records are in Sanskrit language, written in a southern variety of the Brahmi script.