Oddiyana

Oḍḍiyāna; (Skt. Oḍḍiyāna; Tib. ཨུ་རྒྱན་, Orgyen; Wylie u rgyan (Pashto: اوډيانه‎; Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଆଣ) a small country in early medieval India, ascribed importance in the development and dissemination of Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism. The physical location of Oḍḍiyāna is disputed and open to conjecture. Possible locations that have been identified are: