Indian Antiquary Vol 53

SR No.: 032545
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1985
Total Pages: 392
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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Pulaha-âsrama-Same as śâlagrâma (Bardha P., ch. 143).
Pulinda-desa-1. It included the western portion of Bundelkhand and the district of Sagar (Bamana P., ch. 76). The Katha-sarit-sagara confounds the Savaras with the Pulindas, and Savar is the same as Sagar (Arch. S. Rep., Vol. XVII, pp. 113, 139). According to Ptolemy the town of the Phullitoe (Pulindas) was Agara (Sagara). A branch of this tribe called the Podas lived in Bengal. According to the Târd Tantra, Pulinda lies to the east of Silahatta (Sylhet) and to the north of Kamarûpa. 2. A country to the northwest of Hardwar (Mbh., Vana, ch. 139). Punaḥpunâ-The river Punpun, a tributary of the Ganges in the district of Patna (Vâyu P.,
ch. 108; Padma P., Srishti, ch. 11).
Punaka-Poona. In the copper plate inscriptions of the 8th century A.D. found at Teligaon, the name of Poona is mentioned as Punaka or Puna: it was then also the headquar ters of a district. Same as Paunika. Pundarika-kshetra-Same as Pândupura. It is called Pundarikapura in the Brihat Náradiya P. (Uttara, ch. 73) where a Linga of Mahadeva was established by Jaimini. Pundariya-The Satruñjaya mountain in Guzerat; it is one of the five hills sacred to the Jainas, see Samet-sikhara (Antagada-Dasão, Dr. Barnett's trans., p. 58). Same as Pundra-desa-Same as Paundra and Pundra-vardhana. Gauda (Barooah's Dictionary, Vol. III, pp. 109, 110). The name of Pundra first appears in the Aitareya Brahmana. According to Mr. Pargiter Pundra and Paundra were two different countries, and the former comprised the district of Malda, portion of Purnes to the east of the river Kosi and part of Dinajpur and Rajshahi see Paundra (Ancient Countries in Eastern India in JASB., 1877, p. 85).
Pundra-vardhana-1. Pânḍuâ, called Firuzabad in later times, six miles north of Malda and twenty miles north-east of Gaud (Sir H. Elliot's History of India, Vol. III, p. 298; Garuda Purana, I, ch. 81). It was formerly situated on the river Mahananda which has now receded four miles to the west. It was the capital of Pundra-desa, or Paundra (see Paundra). It contained the temple of Pâțali Devi (Padma P., Uttara, ch. 51). According to Prof. Wilson (Vishnu P., II, pp. 134, 170), the ancient kingdom of Pundra-desa included the districts of Rajshahi, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Malda, Bogra and Tirhut. According to other authorities the country of Pundra or Pundra-vardhana was situated between the rivers Mahananda and the Karatoyâ. Mr. Fergusson has shown that the region of Dinajpur, Rungpur and Bogra formed the ancient Pundra-vardhana; in short, it was North Bengal. Mr. Westmacott identifies it with Pañjara and Barddhankuti (or Khettal) in Dinajpur (JASB., 1875, p. 188; see also "Notes on the Geography of Old Bengal" in JASB., 1908, p. 267). Cunningham has identified the capital with Mahasthanagad on the Karatoya river in the district of Bogra, twelve miles south of Barddhankuți and seven miles to the north of Bogra, and also with Pabna (see Barendra). In the Sumagadhavadina in the Ava. Kalp. (ch. 93) Pundra-varddhana is said to be 160 yojanas or 640 miles to the east of Sravasti. Whatever may have been the extent of the kingdom of Pundravarddhana, there can be no doubt that the district of Malda was included in it. James Taylor in his Remarks on the Sequel to the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea (JASB., Vol. XV) says that in Kesava Sena Plate, found at Edilpur in the district of Faridpur, Bikrampur is said to have been a part of Paundraka (see a transcription of the plate in JASB., 1838, pp. 45, 50). In the Aitareya Brahmana (VII, 18), the Pundras are mentioned. According to the Rájatarangini (Book IV) Pundravarddhana was the capital of Gaud in the eighth