Indian Antiquary Vol 48

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

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goddess Gaugâ Deviall the day, except in the first pahar of the morning, when it was taken by the English. It contains a state-prison where Trimbakji Danglia, the minister of Baji Rao wlio was the adoptive father of Nana Saheb, was kept confined till his death (Heber's Journal, Vol. I). The fort was strengthened by Sultan Mahmud before his descent on Bonares in 1017; in 1575, it held out against the Mughal army for six months and in 1764,
it was taken by the English. Charitrapura-Puri in Orissa (Cunningham's Anc. Goo., p. 610; R. W. C., II, 205). Charmanvati-The river Chambal in Rajputana. It has its source in a very elevated
point of the Vindhya amongst a cluster of hills called Janapava. It has three 00-equal sources from the same cluster, the Chambal, Chambela and Gambhirk. The river is said to have been formed by the "juice of skin " (blood) of the cows Bacrificed at the
Yajña of Rantidova (Mbh. Drona P., ch. 67; Meghadüta, Pt. I, v. 46). Chattala-Chittagong (Tantrachuddmani, ch. 51). The temple of Bhavani on the
Chandrasekhara hill near Sitakunda is one of the 52 Pithas, where a portion of Sati's right hand is said to have fallen. The Barahi Tantra (ch. 31) contains some account of the
Chandrasekhara hill as a place of pilgrimage. Chatushpitha-parvata-The Assia range, ore mile to the south of Jajpur in the
district of Katak in Orissa: Udaya-giri is a spur of this range, five miles from Bhuvaneśvara, containing many Buddhist caves and sculptures of ancient dato. The range is
also called Khanda-giri and Alti-giri. (JASB., Vol. XXXIX). Chaushath-Jogini-Same as Bhrigu-tirtha. Chaya--Porebunder in Guzerat : * famous port at the commencement of the Christ
ian era. Chedi-Bundelkhand and part of the Central Provinces. It was bounded on the weet by the Kali-Sindh and on the east by the Tonse. It is the Cheti of the Buddhists. Tod (Rajasthan, I, 43 note) identifies Chedi with Chanderi (Chandravati or Sandravatis of the Greeks), a town in Bundelkhand, which is said to have been the capital of Sisupala. who was killed by Krishna (see also JASB., Vols, XV and LXXI, p. 101). It is 18 miles west of Lalitpur: the ruins of old Chanderi, however, are 8 miles north-West of the modern town (JASB., 1902, p. 108 note). Chanderi has been described in the AinAlbari as a very large ancient city containing a fort. According to Dr. Führer (M.A.I.), General Cunningham, (Arch. 8. Rep ,IX, 106). and Dr. Böhler (Vikramárka.charita, xviii. 96), however, Dahala Mandala or Bundelkhand was the ancient Chedi, Dahala being on the Narbada. In the Skanda P., Reva-khaqda, ch. 56, Mandala is said to be another name for Chodi. Mandala is the Mandalai of Ptolemy, a territory situated in that upland region where the Sona and the Narmada have their sources (MoCrindle's Plolemy, p. 168). Kalajara was the capital of Chedi under the Gupta kings, and Suktimati its capital at the time of the Mahabharata. Chedi was also called Tripur from its capital now called Tewar, six miles from Jabbalpur (Epigraphia Indica, Vol. I, pp. 220, 253, and Hemakosha). Towar (Toor) was the capital of Dahala (Alberuni's India, Vol. I, p. 202 ). The A nargharaghava (Act VII, 115), says that Mahishamatl was the capital of Chedima 3!
at the time of the Kalachuris. See Buktimati. Chola-gann-The Kåver (Harivainia, ch. 136). Chora-It comprised the present kingdom of Mysore, Coimbatore, Salem, South
Malabar, Travancore and Cochin, Chera is a corruption of Kerala. The period from the third to the seventh century A. D., appears to have been the most flourishing in the his tory of thinking dom. In Asoka's Edicts, it is called Keralaputra. Its ancient ospital was