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princes succeeded. Thus while Gautamiputra Satakarni, the most powerful monarch of the dynasty reigned at Dhanakataka from 133 to 154 A. D., his son Pulamâyi reigned at Paithan from 130 to 154 A. D., and after his father's death at Dhanakaṭaka for four years (see Košala-Dakshina) Gautamiputra and Pulamâyi overthrew the Saka king Nahapana or his successor who reigned at Jirṇanagara and after that, they defeated the Šaka king Jayadâman, son of Chashtana, who was at first a Kshatrapa and then a Mahâkshatrapa and occupied Ujjayini, his capital (Dr. Bhandarkar's Early History of the Dekkan). It possessed a university which was established by Nagarjuna, the founder of the Mahâyâna school of Buddhism, in the first or second century A. D. (For Buddhist Universities, see Nalanda). Dhanakataka is a corruption of Sudhanya-kataka (see Havell's Ancient and Mediaeval Architecture of India, p. 140). Dhanapura Joharganj, twenty-four miles from Ghazipur. Dhanushkoti-tirtha-Same as Dhanu-tirtha.
hanu-tirtha-On the eastern extremity of the island of Râmesvaram in the Palks' Strait, ten or twelve miles from the temple of Râmesvara. It was caused by Lakshmana piercing the water with his bow. It is called Dhanushköti Tirtha in the Skanda Purana (Setubandha-khança). Cape Kory of Ptolemy, where the island of Râmesvaram terminates; is the Sanskrit word Koti or Dhanub-koți meaning the tip or corner of a bow (see McCrindle's Ptolemy, p. 60). Its identification with the Paumben passage is not correct.
Dhanyavatipura-Same as Dhanakataka.
Dharagara-Dowlatabad in the Nizam's territory: the Tagara of the Greeks. It has been variously identified by various writers with Junir, Kulbarga, Kolhapur, and Dharur (in Nizam's territory). See Tagara.
Dharanagara-Dhar in Malwa, the capital of Râjâ Bhoja. The Deogarh inscription shows that he flourished in the ninth century. For the history of Raja Bhoja and his ancestors, see Epigraphia Indica, vol. I, p. 222; Merutunga Acharyya's Prabandhachintamani; JASB., 1861, p. 194. In his court flourished Kâlidâsa, the author of the Nalodaya, Jayadeva, the author of the drama Prasanna Raghava and others (Bhoja prabandha). Dharmapattana-1. Srâvasti, or the present village of Sahet-mahet: it was the capital of North-Kosala. (Trikâṇḍaśesha). 2. Calicut (Sewell's Sketch of the Dynasties of Southern India, p. 57).
Dharmaprishtha Same as Dharmaranya, four miles from Buddha-Gay &. Dharmapura-Dharampur, north of Nasik.
Dharmaranya-1. Four miles from Buddha-Gayâ in the district of Gaya. It is the Dharmaraṇya of the Buddhist records, visited by numerous pilgrims (List of Ancient Monuments in the Patna Division, p. 64; Garuda Purana, ch. 83; Mbh., Vana, ch. 84). A temple sacred to Dharmmesvara exists at this place. It contains the celebrated place of pilgrimage called Brahmasara (Mbh., Vana, ch. 84). 2. By some it is considered to have comprised portions of the districts of Balia and Ghazipur (Dr. Führer's MAI., Padma P., Svarga, ch. 6 and Arch. S. Rep., vol. XXII). See Bhrigu-asrama. 3. Moharapura or ancient Moherakapura, fourteen miles to the north of Vindhyachala (town) in the district of Mirzapur. Three miles to the north of Moharapura is the place where Indra performed austerities after being cursed by Gautama Rishi, the husband of Ahalya [Skanda P., Brahma kh. (Dharmaranya kh.), 35-37]. 4. On the Himalaya, on the
