Indian Antiquary Vol 51

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

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(Raghuvamsa, C. IV, v. 38; Lassen's Ind. Al., Map), but Mr. Pargiter correctly identifics Kapisa with the river Kasai which flows through the district of Midnapur in Bengal (Ancient Countries in Eastern India in JASB., Vol. LXVI, Pt. I, 1897, p. 85; K. Ch.,
p. 197) Kapisthala-It is called Kavital by Alberuni (Alberuni's India, I, p. 206) which has
been corrupted into Kaithal. Kapishthala of the Brihal-samhita (xiv, v. 4) is the Kambistholoi of Arrian, Kaithal is situated in the Karnal district, Panjab. It is said to have been founded by Yudhishthira. In the centre of the town is an
extensive lake. Kapistbala-Same as Kapishthala. Kapitha-Identified by General Cunningham (Anc. Geo., p. 369), according to Hiuen
Tsiang's description, with Sankisa or Såükâsya, forty miles south-east of Atranji and fifty miles north-west of Kanauj. See Sankasya. Kapivati-The Bhaigu, a branch of the Râmganga (Lassen's Ind. Alt., II, p. 524 ; Ramayana,
Bk. II, ch. 71). Kard--The hermitage of Agastya, said to be situated in the Southern Ocean; it may be
identified with Kolkai, the Kael of Marco Polo on the mouth of the Tâmbraparni in
Tinnevelly (Speyer's Játakamald—the story of Agastya). Karahâţaka--Karada, in the district of Satara in the Province of Bombay on the confluence
of the Krishna and the Koinâ, about forty miles north of Kolhapur; it was conquered by Sahadeva, one of the Pandavas (Mbh., Sabha, ch. 31 ; Ep. Ind., Vol. III, p. 232 ; Bhandarkar's Early History of the Dekkan, sec. III). It was the capital of the Silahára kings and the residence of the Sinda family who claimed to belong to the Nâga-vamsa, being the descendants of Vasuki; for their history, see Ep. Ind., Vol. III, p. 231. Vikramaditya II, king of Kalyana, married Chandralekha, the daughter of a Silhåra prince of Karahataka (Vikramaikadeva-charita, vii). Karahataka was the capital of the country called
Kárashtra (Skanda P., Sahyadri kh.). Karakalla-Karachi, in Sindh : Krokala of Megasthenes. Karapatha-Karabagh, or Kalabagh, or Båghan, as it is now called, on the right or west
bank of the Indus, at the foot of the Salt range locally called Nili hill in the Bannu district. It is mentioned in the Raghuvamsa (XV, v. 90) as the place where Lakshmana's son Aigada was placed as king by his uncle Ramachandra when he made a division of his empire before his death. It is the “Carabat” of Travernier. But the distance he gives from Kandahar does not tally with its actual distance from that place (Travernier's Travels, Ball's Ed., Vol. I, p. 91). But it should be observed that there is a town called Karibagh on the route from Kandahar to Ghazni, 35 miles south-west from the latter place. The surrounding district called also Karabagh is remarkably fertile (Thornton's Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India). It is called Kårupatha in the Ramayana (Uttara K., ch. 115). The Padma P., (Uttara, ch. 93), however, says the Lakshmana's sons were placed in the country of Madra, which is evidently a mistake for Malla of the Ramayana (Uttara, ch. 116). It is perhaps Kailavata of the Brihatsamhita (ch. 14).
For description of Kalabagh or Bâghân, see JASB., 1838, p. 25. Kerashtra-The country was situated between the Vedavati on the south and the
Koina or Koyana on the north (Skanda P., Sahyadri Kh.). It included the district of Satârs : its capital was Karahâtaka (Ind. Ant., V, 1876, p. 25).