Indian Antiquary Vol 48

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

Page 312

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queen. She became the mother of Asoka and Vitasoka. The artificial lake excavated by Queen Gaggard mentioned in Buddhist works, containing groves of Champaka troos on Its banke, where wandering monks (Pabbajikas) used to reside at the time of Buddha (Rhys Davids' Buddhist India ; Mahavagga, IX, 1; Sonadanda Sutta, I, with Ir. Rhye Davids' notes), may be identified with the large silted-up tank yow called Sarovara, from the depth of which Buddhist statues were recovered. Champa was surrounded by groves of Champaka troes even at the time of the Mahabharata (Anubásana P. ch. 42). The king of Champapurf had two beautiful palaces, one called Gardalatâ, at Kuruchattar, now called Karpat, seven miles east of Bhagalpur at the confluence of the Ganges and the Jamuna near the Gogha-nala, and the other called Kridesthall near Patharghata was situated at the confluence of the Ganges and the Kosi (Francklin's Site of Palibothra, pp. 28. 29. see my "Notes on Ancient Anga" in
JASB., X (1914). Ohamparanya.-1. Five miles to the north of Rajim in Central India. It is a place
of pilgrimage to the Buddhists and Jainas. Same as Champaka of the Jaimini Bharata.
2. Champaran in the Patna division (Saktisangama Tantra, ch. 7). Champavati-1. Champauti, the ancient capital of Kumaon. It was also called
Champa-tirtha and mentioned after Badareka (Mbh., Vana, ch. 85). For the history of the kings of Kumaon, see JASB., 1844, P. 887, 2. SemyHa of the Periplus of the Erythræan Sea and Saimur of the Arabs:modern Chaul, 25 miles south of Bombay. It is now also called Revadanda (ancient Revavanti of the inscription, JRAS., Vol. III, p. 386) or Rovatikshetra. It is situated in the Kolaba district in Northern Konkan, and is said to have been the capital of an independent kingdom situated in Parasuramakhestra. Perhaps it is the Champavati of the Skanda P. (Brahmottara kh., ch. xvi). Cuxul was
notod place of trade (Da Cunha's History of Chaul and Bassein, pp. 3-11), Chandana -1. The river Sabarmati in Gujarat (Padma P.). 2. The river Chandan
in the Santal Porgana in the presidency of Benga!; it falls into the Ganges (Ramayana,
Kishkindhi, XL, 20). Oband na-girl-The Malaya-giri -the Malabar Ghats (Trikndasesha). Chandanavati-An ancient name of Baroda in the Gaekwar's territory (Balfour's
Cyclopaedia of India, Vol. I, p. 138). Chandanivati.-Bee Chandrapura (Jaimini-Bharata, ch. 54). Chandapura-Chayonpur, five miles to the west of Bhabua in the district of Bababad
in Behar. The celebrated battle described in the Chandi between Kal and the two kinga Sumbha and Nikumbha, is said to have been fought at this place. The Markandeya P. (ch. 85), however, places the scene of the battle in the Himalayas; the Vamana P. (ch. 65 ) places it at Bindhyachala. The name of Chaqdapura is derived from the name of one of the two brothers, Chaqda and Munda, who were the gonerals of the kings. The Chaumukhi Mahadeva and Durgå in a temple at Munceśvari are said to have been established by the other brother Munda. Mundesverf is seven miles south-west of Bhabul: the temple, according to Dr. Bloch, is very old, the carving being of the Gupta sty! (Bloch's Arch. Rep.. 1902). The temple bears a date which is equivalent to A.D. 635 (Sir John Marshall's Arch. 8. Rep.-Eastern Circle, 1913-14, p. 38). The Vamana P. (ohs. 19 and 56), however, says that they were the generals of Mahishasura and were
killed by the goddess BindubAsini on the Vindhya Mountain. Chandelgada-Chunar. The name of Chandelgada has been derived from the
Chandels, a tribo of Kshattriyas who had established their sway between Mirzapur and the districts of Shahabad. They originally came from Mahoba (modern Bundelkhand) and took possession of the fort after the PAla Rajas. See Charapadn.