Indian Antiquary Vol 42

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[OCTOBER, 1913.
proof is wanted, it is afforded by the mention of Vaganagara in the Kslacburi grant of the year 860 (about A.D. 609)," which must be Vadnêr in the Chandavad talulod of the Nasik District, where it was discovered. I do not urge that the Vatanagariks of the Pimpari plates must be this Vadnêr. Probably it is not. But the name Vadnêr is sufficient to show that this must really be the modern form of the ancient name, Vatanagarik. As in the Pimpari plates the name given is Vatanagarika, it appears that this was in all probability smaller than Vatanagara of the Vadnêr plates. But there is another Vadner, vis, in the Malegaon tdlukd on the bank of the river Mósam, and probably it is this Vadnêr which may represent Vapanagarika, if the identification of Môaint with Mosam, which is all but certain, is accepted.
2. Vallistka, and 3. Bhoga vardhana, These localities occur in the Abhôņo platest of Sankaragana of the imperial Kalachuri dynasty. To a Brâhman of Kallavana (Kalvan in the Nasik District) the village Vallisika in the province of Bhogavardhans is noted as given, while king Sankaragans was encamped at Ujjayini. Balbêgâon in the Yeola talukd, about 15 miles from Ujjani, may perhaps be the modern representative of the ancient Vallisika. The shortened form of Vallisiki would be Valba and then Balha, and would further run into the modern longer form Baļhêgion. There is a village called Bøgte not far from Balbêgaon, which may perhaps be Bhôgavardhana. I would propose another set of villages for consideration. Vallisika is most probably Várasil and being interchangeable, and a being changed to a for the ease of pronunciation, as a conjunct consonant follows, and the ka being dropped. This village is about 8 miles from Kalvaņ. Bhögavardhana very likely must be Bhagardi, an ancient village in a dilapidated condition just near Abhôn, v taking samprasdrana and the vowel preceding and fol owing it being dropped. It is worthy of note that the plates were discovered not far from it. Again Bhagardi seems comparatively older than Bôgte. Bbagurdi is 8 miles from Kalyan and milo from Abhône.
It would be of some use to the antiquarians, if I would note one or two particulars about the above plates, not given in the Epigraphia Indica. They belong to Parvatrao Bbâusing Thôke of Abhôņa in the Kalvan tdluka. The plates weigh 182 tolas without the rings and the seal, which are missing. (I have taken impressions and plaster casts from them. They were kindly forwarded to me by Mr. L. S. Potnis, Mamlatdar of Kalvan).
4. Chebhatika. Chebhatikê occurs in the inscription of Karkarkja, edited by Mr. D. R. Bhandarkar. He identifies it with simply Chehdi, in the Nipbad idluka. But it is better to call it by its usual name Chebài Khurd, to distinguish it from Cbehởi Badruk close to it in the Nâsik talukd.
6. Dadhivahala and 6. Padalavadapatana. These localities occur in the partly forged Daulatâbâd grant, edited by Mr. D. R. Bhandarkar, which prove that Dhrava usurped the throne, deposing Givinda II. Or the boundaries of the village, which appeared to Mr. Bhandarkar something like Semira, two can easily be identified. The village situated on thewest is Dadbiváhala. This would naturally assume the form Dahiva!, dahi being the Prikrit form of the Sanskrit word dadhi. Dahital is in the Malegaon dlukd. The name of tbe village on the north is given as Padalâvad spagans, the latter part of which would be dropped and the former would become PAdalid very naturally. It is 4 miles from Dahivale, Anta, Jaly 1918, p. 207.
* En Ind.. Yal.IX., . 496ff. Ep. Ind., Vol. TILI., p. 188.
• Bp. Jad., Vol. IX., PP. 19% to 198.