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Karnaki-A town on the Narbada. It is mentioned as Karņika in the Byihat-Siva P.,
I, ch. 75. It is perhaps the modern Karnali near the junction of the Narbada and the
Uri; see Erandi and Bhadrakarna (1). Karnakubja-Junagad in Kathiawâd; it is situated in Antargraha-kshetra (Skanda P.,
Prabhasa Kh.). Karnapura-Near Bhagalpur, now called Karnågad (see Champapuri). According to
Yule, Karnagad is the Kartinagar of Ptolemy (JASB., Vol. XVIII, p. 395). Karna-Suvarna-Kánsona, now called Rângâmâtt in the district of Murshidabad, on the
right bank of the Bhagirathi, six miles south of Berhampur, in Bengal (Kubjika Tantra, ch.7; JASB., XXII, 281). It was the former capital of Bengal at the time of Adisura. It was at the request of Adisura that Bîra Simha, king of Kanauj, sent five Brahmanas, Bhattanarayana, Daksha, Sriharsha (the author of the Naishadha-charita), Chhậndada, and Vedagarbha, to Bengal to perform his sacrifice according to the Vedas. Bhattanârâ yana, the author of the drama Veni-samhdra, is considered by some to have flourished at the court of Dharma Pala of the Pala dynasty. Even the name of KansonA has become antiquated, and the town is now known by the name of Rangamati. Captain Layard says that R&igâmâți was anciently called Känsonâpurî, and the remains of the greater part of the palace with its gate and towers are distinctly traccable, although the site is now under cultivation (JASB., Vol. XXII, 1853, p. 281). Karna-suvarna was also the capital of Sasaka or Narendra, the last of the Gupta kings and tho great persecutor of the Buddhists, who reigned in Bengal at the latter part of the sixth century, and it was he who treacherously killed Rajyavarddhana, elder brother of Harsha Deva or SilAditya II of Kanauj, as related in the Harsha-charita. The kingdom of Karnasuvarna was situated to the west of the Bhagirathi and included Murshidabad, Bankura, Burdwan, and Hugli. The earth of Rangamati is red, and the tradition is that Bibhishana, brother of Ravana, being invited to a feast by a poor Brahman at Rangamati, rained down gold on the ground as a token of gratitude and hence the earth is red (On the Banks of the Bhagirathi by Rev. J. Long in Cal. Review, Vol. VI). This is a figurative way of stating the immense profit which Bengal derived from its trade with Ceylon in precious stones, pearls, &c. (K. Ch., pp. 189, 223). Dr. Waddell identifies Karna-suvarna with Kañchannagar (Kånson-nagara) near Burdwan in Bengal (Dr. Waddell's Discovery
of the Exact Site of Asoka's Classic Capital of Pataliputra, p. 27). KarnataPart of the Carnatic between Ramnad and Seringapatam. It is another name
for Kuntaladoja, the capital of which was Kalyanapura : see Kuntala-dosa. According to the Tard Tantra, it was the same as Maharashtra, and extended from Båmanatha to Srirangam. Dvåra-samudra was & capital of Karnata. The kingdom of Vijayanagar was also called Karnata (Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. IV). But see Imperial Gazetteer, Vol. VII, p. 377 (1886), in which Kanara is said to be Karnata-desa, including Mysore, Coorg, and part of the Coded Districts. The Mysore State was called Karnataka (JRAS.,
1912, p. 482). Karneval-1. The river Kane in Bundelkhand (Arch. 8. Rep., Vols. II and XXI). But this
name does not appear in any Purana. See syoni and Suktimati. 2. Ahmadabad in Gujarat. It was built by Raja Karna Deva of the Solanki race of Anahillapattana or Pattana in Gujarat in the eleventh century (Tawney : Merutunga's Prabandhachintamani, pp. 80, 97n). Ahmad Shah made it his capital after conquering it. It was also called Srinagar. It is the R&janagara of the Jainas (Antiguities of Kathiawad and Kachh by Bur. gess; H, Cousen's Revised Lists of Antiquarian Remains in the Bombay Presidency, Vol. III).
