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Kasal-The river 1. Kamáâvati. 2. Kapisa, in Bengal.
Kashgar-Kharoshtra.
Kashkar-Same as Kamah and Kunar (Elphinstone's History of India, p. 232). Kasia-1. Kusinagara. 2. Kusinârâ. 3. Kuśâyati, thirty-five miles to the east of Gorakhpur, on the old channel of the Hiranyavati or Chhota Gaṇḍak. It was at Kusinagara that Buddha died.
Kasmir-1. Kasmira. 2. Kasyapapura; the hermitage of Rishi Kasyapa was on the Hari
mountain, three miles from Srinagar (Bhavishya P., Pratisarga, pt. 1, ch. 6, v. 6). Kasur Kusavati, thirty-two miles to the south-east of Lahore, said to have been founded by Kusa, son of Ramachandra.
Katak-1. Baranasi-Kataka. 2. Yayatinagara. 2. Binitapura, in Orissa, at the confluence of the Mahanadi and Katjurî, founded by Nripa Kesari, who reigned from 941 to 952 A.D.
Kataksha-Simhapura, sixteen miles from Pindi Dadan Khan, on the north side of the Salt in the Panjab. It is also called Katas and Ketas. According to Hiuen Tsiang, the country of Simhapura bordered on the Indus on the western side. It was conquered by Arjuna. Kata-Kataksha.
Kathiawar-1. Saurashtra. 2. Surashtra. 3. Sulathika or Surashtrika of the Dhauli inscription. 4. Syrastrine of Ptolemy. The southern portion of Kathiawar was called Prabhasa, containing the celebrated temple of Somnath, at a short distance from which was the spot where Krishna passed away from this mortal world.
Katmandu-1. Kashthamandape. 2. Kantipuri. 3. Mañjupattana. 4. Manjupatan, the capital of Nepal.
Katwa-1. Kantaka-nagara. 2. Kantaka-dvipa. 3. Katadvipa, in the district of Burdwan in Bengal.
Kavert I. 1. The river Arddhaganga. 2. Sahyadriya. 3. Kaveri. 4. Chela-Ganga.
II. A branch of the Nerbuda near Mandhâté was called Kaveri.
Kawa-Pol-An isolated hill near Gaya, on which the Silabhadra monastery was situated: it was visited by Hiuen Tsiang. It is a part of the Barabar Hill (Khalatika Parvata), containing the Nagarjuni caves.
Kedarnath-Kedara, situated at the source of the Kali-Ganga. The celebrated temple of Kedaranatha is situated in the Rudra Himalaya in Garwal below the peak of Mahapantha on the west of Badrinath. The worship of Mahadeva Kedaranatha is said to have been established by Arjuna, one of the five Pandavas. The river Kali-Ganga rises at this place and joins the Alakananda at Rudra-Prayaga.
Keljhar-Chakranagara, seventeen miles north-east of Wardha in the Central Provinces. Perhaps it is the Chakrankanagara of the Padma Purana, Pâtâla khanda, ch. XVIII. Ken-Same as Kane.
Kesartya-Isalia of the Buddhists, in the district of Champaran in the province of Bihar, where Buddha passed the eighteenth and nineteenth Vassas of his Buddhahood. Ketas-See Kajaksha.
Khaira-Dih-Jamadagni-Aárama, thirty-six miles north-west of Balia; it is said to have been the residence of Jamadagni and the birth-place of his son Parasurama. See Zamanla. Khajraha-Khajjurapura, the capital of the Chandels, in Bundelkhand.
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Khandes Khandes, Southern Malwa and parts of Aurangabad forming the ancient country of 1. Haihaya. 2. Anupadesa, the kingdom of the myriad-handed Karttyaviryarjuna, who was killed by Parasurama. Its capital was Mahishmati (modern Maheswar or Mahes) on the river Nerbuda, forty miles to the south of Indore. It appertained also to the ancient kingdom of Bidarbha.
