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BHANDUP PLATES OF CHAITTARAJADEVA.
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The silähäras of the Northern Konkaņ according to the Bhandup plates
of A.D. 1028. (1) Kapardin 1
(2) Pulasakti
(3) Kapardin II
(4) Vappavanna
(5) Jhaõjha
(6) Goggi
(7) Vajjada I
(8) Aparajita
(10) Kasidova
(9) Vajjada II
(11) Chbittarija
(A.D. 1026)
Among the titles given to Chbittaršja in this record one is Tagarapura-paramāśvara, "gupreme lord of the town Tagars" (line 17). The ancient city Tagara, mentioned in the first and second centuries A.D. as a place of importance on the great trading-route between the east coast of India and Broach on the west coast, is the present Tēr, the Tair, Thair, and Ther,' of some maps and gazetteers, in the Naldrug District of the Nizam's territory, in lat. 18° 19', long. 76° 12', abont ninoty-five miles towards south-east-by-Bouth from the well-known
In titles of this kind the more wual term was purataröfoara, or purapar adhivara, "supremo lord of (so-and-so) s best of towns."
