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Khetaka-Kaira, 20 miles south of Ahmedabad, on the river Vetravati (present Vatrak)
in Guzerat, described in the Padma P., (Uttara Kh., ch. 51; Daiakumdracharita, ch. 6 and Cunningham's Anc. Geo., p. 492). See Kaebehha. For a description of the town, see Bishop Heber's Narrative of a Journey, Vol. II, p. 156. It contains a Jaina
temple. Khiragráma-Twenty miles north of Burdwan in Bengal. It is one of the Pithas, where
a toe of Sati's right foot is said to have fallen. The name of the goddess is Jogadhyâ. Khurasa Khorasan in Central Asia ; it was celebrated for its fine breed of horses
(Aivachikitsitam, ch. 2, by Nakula ; see also Ward's History of the Hindoos, 2nd ed., Vol.
I, p. 558). Kikata -Magadha (Vāyu P., ch. 105; Rig Vedo, III, 53, 14). According to the (Tand
Tantra, the name of Kikata was applied to the southern part of Magadha from Mount Varaņa to Gșidhrakuta (Ward's History of the Hindoos, Vol. I, p. 558). Kukila-kilagila, the capital of Kookana (Garrett's Classical Dictionary s. v. Kailakila).
See Bakataka and Kalighata. Kimmfitya-The Kaimur range, between the rivers Sone and Tons. This range is part
of the Vindhya hills (Hooker's Himalayan Journals, Vol. I, p. 28). It commences near Katâugi in the Jubbulpore district and runs through the state of Rewa and the district of Shahabad in Bihar. Same as Kaira-mali. Perhaps the names of Kimmoritya and Kaimur are derived from Kumâra-rajya, a kingdom which was close to Chedi (Mbh.,
Sabha, ch. 30). Kimpurusha-DudaNepal. Kiragrams-Baijnath in the Punjab; it contains the temple of Baidyanatha, a celebrated
place of pilgrimage (Siva P., cited in the Arch. 8. Rep., vol. V, pp. 178, 180)-80 miles to the east of Kot Kangra (Ep. Ind., I, p. 97). Twelve miles to the south-west of
Baijnath is the temple of Asapuri Devi, situated on the top of a lofty hill. Kirata-Dela-Tipara. The temple of Tripuresvart at Udalpur in Hal Tipara is one of the Pithas (Mbh., Bhishma, ch. 9; Brahma P., ch, 27; Vishnu P., Pt. 2, ch. 3). It was the Kirrhadia of Ptolemy, and included Sylhet and Atem (see Rajamaid or Ceronicles of Tripura in JASB., XIX, 1850, p. 536, which contains the history of the "Tipârâ Raj). The title of Manikya was conferred upon the Raja named "Ratnatah by the king of Gaud, shortly after 1297 A.D., which title they have retained ever since. The kirats also lived in the Morung, west of Sikkim (Sohoff, Periplus of he Erythracan Sea, p. 243). They lived in the region from Nepal to the extreme east JRAS., 1908,
p. 326). Kiritakona -One of the Píthas, situated four miles from Dahapada in the district of
Murshidabad. Sati's crown (kinita) is said to have fallen at this place (Tantrachudamani; P. C. Muzumdar's Musnud of Murshidabad). Mr. Beveridge says that it is three miles
from Murshidabad (Old Places in Murshidabad in the Calcutta Review, 1892, p. 208). Kishkindhå --" About a mile easterly from Nimbapur, & small hamlet in the suburb of
Bijanugger, lies an oval-shaped heap of calcareous scoria, partially covered by grass and other vegetation. The Brahmins aver it to be the ashes of the bones of giant Walli or Bali, an impious tyrant slain here by Râma on his expedition to Lanka (Ceylon)."JASB., vol. XIV, p. 519. It appears from the accounts of pilgrims that the ancient Kishkindhân is still called by that name and also by the name of Anagandi. It is a small hamlet situated in Dharwad on the south bank of the river Tuigabhadrâ near Anagandi,
