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teen miles from Nasik.' What place is meant by Aṣṭādas'agiri is not clear.
Thus we can locate Kalasena in the Nasik district somewhere near Tryambaka. In the Pathyaratnakos'a (p. 69 verse 12) he is called 'Janas thanavanibhṛt' that is the 'king of Janasthana'. This region is to be identified with a region which includes Pañcavați and Nasik. Nandlal De describes it as Aurangabad and the country between the Godavari and the Krishna. The title No. 4 of the Pras'asti refers to him as 'one who has rescued Janasthāna of twelve thousand and other parts of the earth'.
So from these titles we can guess that Kālasena was a chief ruling in the Nasik district and region round about.
Now let us see what other place-names can be identified. Title No. 9 represents him as having destroyed all enemies from Agastipura. This Agastipura can be identified with Igatpuri about thirty miles south-west of Nasik.3 Title No. 15 mentions Kalyāṇapura. Fleet identifies Kalyanapura with the modern Kalyāņi in the erstwhile Nizam's Dominions. But it might be Kalyāņa in the Thana district. Sthana in the title No. 16 we have already identified with the fort of Thaner. It may be Thāņā near Bombay also. Sripura in the title No. 17 can be identified with S'irpur in the Ahmadnagar district.5 Title No. 18 mentions Vātikācala and Acala. The latter may be identified with the Achala fort in the Nasik district-the west-most point in the Chandor range, and the former perhaps with Tringalawāḍi.6
Madanpura in the title No. 19 may be the Madangad of the Nasik district. Suvarnagiri of the title No. 20 may be the Suvarnadurga in the Konkan.8 Navasari and Ghanadevi can be identified with the modern Navasari and Ganadevi in the Surat district. So also Pațali of the title No. 22 with the modern Pațaḍi. the town of the same name near Bombay. there seems to be a reference to Sanjñā-the is also called Rājñi or Randel in Gujarati. Thus Sanjnapura is equi
Tarapura of No. 23 with In Sanjñāpura of No. 25, queen of the Sun-who
1. Nasik p. 416.
2. Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval India, p. 80.
3. Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval India, p. 2 and Nasik p. 444.
It is derived from Vigatpuri (?Vikaṭapuri) meaning a city of difficulty.
4. See B. G. Vol. I Part II p. 335 f. n. 1.
5. Abmadnagar p. 738.
6. Nasik p. 414 and 441.
7. Nasik p. 450.
8. B. G. Vol. I Part II p. 75.
