Indian Antiquary Vol 48

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

Page 274

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miles to the south-west of Bariarpur, one of the stations of the East India Railway; the Karnagad or the fort of Karna, four miles from Bhagalpur; Cham på cr Champ&puri, the ancient capital of Anga and the birth-place of Vasupujya, the twelfth Tîrthaikara of the Jainas; Jahņu-åśrama at Sultanganj; Modâgiri or Mongyr: the Buddhist caves at. Patharghâțâ (ancient Sila-saigama or Vikramasilk-sanghåráma) in the Kahalgaon sub-division, referred to by Hiuen Tsiang and by Chora Kavi in the Chora-pañchâsika: and the Mandara Hill at Bansi, thirty-two mileg to the south of Bhagalpur (see Champspurl and Sumha). The name of Aiga first appears in the Atharva-samhita (Kânda V, Anuvâka 14). For the history of Aiga, see my "Notes on Ancient Aiga or the District
of Bhagalpur" in JASB., 1914, p. 317. Angalaukika-The country of the Angalaukikas who were most probably the Agalassians of
Alexander's historians (see MoCrindle's Invasion of India, p. 285) and neighbours of the
Sivis, was situated below the junction of the Hydaspes and Akegines (Brahmânda, P.149)., Anjana-Girl--The Suleiman range in the Panjab (Pardha P., ch. 80). Anom-The river Aumi, in the district of Gorakhpur (Cunningham's Ancient Geography
of India, p. 423). It was crossed by Buddha after he left his father's palace at a place now called Chandauli on the eastern bank of the river, whence Chhandaka returned with Buddha's horse Kanthaka to Kapilâvastu (Ašvaghosha's Buddha-Charita, Bk. V). But Carlleyle identifies the river Anoma with the Kudawa Nadi in the Basti district of Oudh (Arch. S. Rep., vol. XXII, p. 224 and Führer's MAI.). Carlleyle identifies the stúpa of Chhandaka's return with the Maha-thân Dih, four miles to the north-east of Tameswar or Maneya, and the Cut-Hair Stape with the Sirasarao mound on the east bank of the
Anoma river in the Gorakhpur district (Arch. S. Rep., Vol. XXII, pp. 11, 15). Anotatta-It is generally supposed that Anotatta or Anavatapta lake is the same as
Râwan-hrad or Langa. But Spence Hardy considers it to be an imaginary lake (Beal's Legend and Theories of the Buddhists, p. 129). Antaragiri—The Râjmahal bills in the district of Santal Pargana in the province of
Bengal (Matsya P., ch. 113, V. 44; Pargiter's Markandeya P., p. 325, note). Antaraveda-The Doab between the Ganges and the Yamuna (Hema kosha; Bhavishya
Purâna, Pt. III, ch. 2; Ep. Ind., p. 197). Anumakundapattana-Same as Anu makundapura. Anumakundapura-Warrangal, the ancient capital of Telingana (Rudradeva inscription
in JASB., 1838, p. 903, but see Prof. Wilson's Mackenzie Collection, p. 76). It was the capital of Raja Rudradeva identified with Churang or Choraganga. The town was also called Anumakundapattana (JASB., 1838, p. 901). The Kakatiyas reigned here from A.D. 1110 to 1323. According to General Cunningham, Warrangal is the Korunkola of Ptolemy's Geography. Another name of Warrangal, according to the same authority, is Akshalinagara, which in the opinion of Mr. Cousens is the same as Yeksilanagara (List
of the Antiquarian Remains in the Nizam's Territories). See Benakataka. Anupadesa-South Malwa. The country on the Nerbuda about Nimar. Same as Haibaya, Mahisha and Mahishaka (Śiva Purana, Dharma-samphitâ, ch. 56; Hariramsa, chg. 5, 33, 112, 114). Its capital wag Mahishmati (Raghuramia, canto VT, v. 43).