Indian Antiquary Vol 16

SR No.: 032508
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: John Faithfull Fleet, Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 408
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1887.
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E TTET Fr. विकटाणकपामस्यापरसीमायाया" भाहिवैद्यप्र5 [43] मेवं घोटकतलत्ताम" यावत्कोहलहकसी6 [HTATEZ] HOC
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THE VILLAGES MENTIONED IN THE GUJARAT RATHOR GRANTS
Nos. III. AND IV.
BY DR. G. BÜHLER, C.I.E. When the Rathor Grants' Nos. III. and IV. | Tôn, about two miles west of Bard011. The were edited by Dr. Holtzschand myself, the want latter town, finally, may possibly be identical of the Trigonometrical Survey Maps of Gujarat with Bhadrapali," which according to verse 44 prevented our tracing the villages and townsmen was the home of Dodabi, and probably also of tioned as fully as would have been desirable. As his son Jôjibha. Two villages mentioned in the I am now in possession of the sheets required, I grant, Kundiravallika, east of Pârâhanaks think it advisable in the interest of the ancient (Parona), and Jonandha, & second village, geography of India, tosapply the former omission. situated in a southernly direction, are not
Nearly all the places mentioned in No. III. traceable on the map. As regards Karmanthe grant of Dhruvadêva III. are found on tapura, the capital of the district to which sheet No. 34 of the Gujarat series of the Parihanaka belonged, it may possibly be anmaps. The village granted is Pardhanaka other name of Kamrêj, which in the Gurjara, which lay east of the " Brahman settlement Chalukya and Rathôr inscriptions is called named Mottaka.” As I have pointed out Kamaneya, Karmaņeya, or Kammaņijja. formerly' Mottaka can only be the present The villages and towns, mentioned in No. IV., Mota in the Surat District, the hoine of the the grant of Krishna II., are found on Motala Brahmans. This identification is con- sheets Nos. 14 and 15 of the maps. The firmed by the map which shows in the donee resided at Variavi which is also called position, indicated by the grant, the village of "port of Variavi." The latter epithet makes it Pacona, clearly a corruption of Parahanaka. not doubtful that it is, as I have already North of Parahapaka, the grant states, lay pointed out, the modern Variao on the Tapti, MoivAsaka; and the map has a corresponding east of Surat. The village granted, Kavithaname, Mowachhi. On the southern boundary sadhi which is stated to lie east of Variavi, can lay Khaurachhaka, which we find represented only be the modern Kosad. The other boundon the map by Kharwasa. The village aries of Kavithasádhi are,-to. the north, of Khauríchhaka belonged to the Chára of Vasuharika which Rao Saheb Mohanlal R. Trenna, which latter place according to verse Jhaveri has already identified with the modern 45 was granted by Dhruvarâja to Jojiblia's Wanwari; to the east, Valachha, the modern father, Doddhi. Trenni is clearly the modern Varachha; to the south, Uttarapadhavanaka, Read T.
ante, Vol. XII. p. 181. 10 Possibly a mistake of the engraver for gt; and
* The intormediate form is Khaürav&sa. In popular
conversational Gujarati, chha and 8( are constantly then the following lotters, in line 4, might be atta. interchanged
Also called Tenni in Mr. H. H. Dhruva's grant 11 Read of Art; one of seems to be reduudant.
NO. VIII. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen ** Probably for TIC T . 19 Road 4791°.
Gesellschaft, Bd. XL. p. 322 ; and Treyang in an un
published Sendraka grant. 1 Bead og 15 Read TTI. 10 Read Fift: > This is on the supposition that the poet tried to in 11 Read : 15 Read
:
vont a niguifionnt Sanskrit name for Bardoli. The real
old name of the latter town was Baruapallika, see ** [Sce note 4, p. 99 abovo.-J. F. F.]
HH.Dhruva, Loc. cit. Similar inventions of tho Pandits 0 Rend चैत्रदिनीयायां (2)
are common. Thus Surat is sometimes called Suryapura
and sometimes Suratapura. ante, Vol. XII. pp. 179-190; and Vol. XIII. pp. 65-69. ante, Vol. XIII. p. 66, note 16.