Indian Antiquary Vol 48

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

Page 268

ADH
ARI
Adhiraja-Same as Karusha: the country of Rewa. It was the kingdom of Dantavakra
who was killed by Krishna in Mathura (Padma P., Pátala, ch. 36). It was conquered
by Sabadova, one of the five Pandavas (Mahabharata, Sabha P., ch. 30). Adikota-Another name for Anichehhatra. Agalassia.--See Angalaukika. Agastya-Asrama-1. Twenty-four miles to the south-east of Nasik, now called Agasti:
puri: it was the hermitage of Risbi Agastya. 2. Akolha, to the east of Nasik, was also the hermitage of Agastya (Ramayana, Aranyakanda, ch. 11). 3. Kolhapur in the provioce of Bombay. 4. Sarai-Aghat, forty miles south-west of Itah and about a mile to the north-west of Sankis& in the United Provinces (Führer's Monumental Antiquities and Inscriptions). 5. Agastya Rishi is still said to reside, as he is believed to be alive, at the Agastya-kata mountain in Tinnevilly, from which the river Tamrapargi takes its rise (Caldwell's Dravidian Grammar, Introduction, p. 118, Bhâsa's Avimdraka, Act iv). Se: Tâmraparut Malaya-giri and Kârâ. 6. About twelve miles from Rudra-prayâga in Garwal is a villago called Agastyamuni which is said to have been the hermitage of the Rishi. 7. On the Vaidurya-Parvata or Satpura Hill (Mahabh., Vana, ch. 88). 8. See Vodaranya. Agastya introduced Aryan civilisation into Southern India. He was the author of the Agastya-Samhita, Agastya-Gita, Sakaladhikara, &c., (Ram Raja's
Architecture of the Hindus ; 0. C. Gangoly's South Indian Bronzes, p. 4). Aggalava chetiya-It is about 350 miles to the north of Sankasya in Sugana somewhere near Khalsi where Buddha passed his sixteenth va88a. Alavaka Yakkha resided
at this place. Fa Hian's Travels, xvii; JRAS., 1891, pp. 338, 339). See Alavi. Agnipura-Same as Mahishmati : the town was protected by Agni, the god of fire
(Mahábh., Anusasana, ch. 25; Jaimini-Bhdrata, ch.15). Agravana-Agra, one of the vanas of Vraja-mandala. It is called Agravana, as the
first starting point for a pilgrim on his circumambulation of Vraja, -the holy scene of Krishna's adventures. According to Vaishnava authorities, it was covered by forests for many centuries, before Râpa and Sanatana, the celebrated followers of Chaitanya, came here for the purpose of starting on the exploration of Vrindavana. Buhlol Lodi founded the new city of Agra and towards the close of the fifteenth century, his son Secunder Lodi removed the seat of government from Delhi to Agra, and fixed his residence on the opposite side of the present city on the bank of the river Jamuna, where also resided Ibrahim Lodi and Baber, the founder of the Mughal dynasty (CR., vol. 79, p. 71,--Keone's Medieval India). Baber died in 1530 and was interred at the garden called Charbagh which was afterwards called Rambagh by Akbar's courtiers : his remains were subsequently removed to Kabul. The fort built by Akbar contains one of the most beautiful palaces in India, especially that portion of it called the Saman-Buruj (Jasmine Tower) which was constructed by Shah Jahan. Ahichchhatra-Ramnagar, twenty miles west of Bareli, in Rohilkhand. The name of
Ahiohohhatra is at present confined to the great fortress in the lands of Alampur Kot and Nasratganj. It was the capital of North Parchala or Rohilkhand (Dr. Führer, MAI., and Cunningham, Anc. Geo., p. 359). It was also called Chhatravati (Mahabharata, Adiparva, ch. 168). It is Adhichhatra of the inscriptions (Epigraphia Indica, vol. II, p. 432,