Indian Antiquary Vol 54

SR No.: 032546
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1985
Total Pages: 376
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
9. Kalapaka.
Kalapaka is but once casually referred to in inscriptions and not at all in literature. From the copperplate grant of Dhruvasena II, dated 316 G.E., we learn that it was the headquarter of a pathaka' or a modern sub-division in Kathiawad during the seventh century. According to Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji this Kalapaka is the same as modern Kalawad, a village of 2,500 population, 60 miles north-east of Porbundar; and the suggestion appears probable. For there is no other place in Kathiawad with which we can identify Kâlâpaka, and the phonetic change too is not inexplicable. The change of Sanskrit p into Prakrit v is well known, the principle of dissimilation' accounts for the change of the last 'ka' into da. According to the local legend, it was here that a Val Raja married a Kanthi girl, thus forming the tribe of. Val-k&this.71
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10. Kâpika.
Ancient Kapika is the same as the modern town Kavi in Bharoch District, situated not far from the gulf of Cambay. In the modern name the determinant suffix 'kâ' is dropped (a procedure not unknown even in early times as will be presently seen) and 'p' is changed to 'v' as is so often the case. There is also strong geographical evidence to support the identification. Inscriptions state that it was situated in Bharukachcha vishaya; modern Kavi is situated in Bharoch District. Villages Kemajju, Sihugrams, Jambha, Ruhanada and Jadrana, which are stated to be near Kåpika, are in the vicinity of modern Kavî as well; for modern Kimoj, Shigam, Jamadi, Ruhnâd and Jatrâna are the respective counterparts of the ancient names.73
From the statement यथा मया कापिकान्तर्वर्तिभूते कोटिपुरे in the grant of Govinda III it would appear that Kapika was a territorial sub-division next in extent to ' vishaya', which is referred to in the previous part of the plate. It was probably then the headquarters of a 'pathaka,' and hence a fair sized town in the ninth century. At that early time it was famous as a 'mahâsthâna' or holy place; for the Cambay plates of Govinda IV call it a — mahasth&na'. Cf. लाटदेशखेटकमंडलान्तर्गतका विकामहास्थानविनिर्गताय इहैव मान्यखेटे वास्तव्याय काविका महास्थाननिकटवर्ती. During the ninth century then Kapik& was a Brahmanic tîrtha', famous for the learning of its Brahmanas; its fame as a centre of Jainism probably dates from the time of Kumarapala.
The Naosari plates of Jayabhatta 73 are issued from a camp at Kavyavatara. This Kavyâvatâra is the same as ancient Kapika; the suffix ka or kd was always regarded as optional; [cf. the two spellings Godraha and Godrahaka of modern Godhra]; 'p' was changed 'v' and the honorific suffix was added. The addition of this suffix_was a common phenomenon; compare for instance स्तंभनकपुरावतार श्रीपार्श्वनाथ देव zeguzareinuri in the Girnår inscription of Vik. Sam. 1288. Kavyâvatâra then is the same as Kapika.
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11. Kasahrada.
In the Baroda plates of Dhruvaraja issued from Sarvamangalasattâ near Khetaka, Kasahrada is mentioned as the headquarter of a desa or territorial subdivision. In the Kapadwanj plates of Akalavarsha Subhatunga the same place is referred to as Kasadraha. In the latter plate we read अस्तु वः संविहितं वया... श्रीलेटक सर्षपुरकासह एवरर्थाटनव... श्रीरामान्तयति कर्पयनियचतुरशीतिकावडी व्याप्रासमाम; and from the manner in which Khetaka or Kaira, Harshapura or Harsol, Karpatavanijya or Kapad. wanja are mentioned, it is clear that Kasadraha too must have been not far away from these towns. Dr. Bhagwanlal Indraji's suggestion, then, that Kasadraha is the same as modern Kasandra, 25 miles south of Ahmadabad, appears acceptable; for Kasandra 71 Kathiawad Gaz. 73 Ind. Ant., vol. V, p. 145. 73 Ind. Ant., vol. XIII, p. 77.