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INTRODUCTION
valent of Rāṇipura or the modern Rander town. Punyastambha of No. 28 is Pụntamba in the Ahmadnagar district and Sangamanira of No. 29 is Sangamaner in the same district. S'uklapura of No. 30 may be the place of the same name on the Narmada near Broach in Gujarat. Giripura Dungara of No. 31 may be the modern Dungerpur now in Rajasthan. Damanapura of 32 may be the modern Damman. Baggula of No. 36, we have placed in Bāglān in the Nasik district, and Bedura of No. 37, we have identified with Bellur Naräna of No. 38 may be identified with the Narnāla, hill fort in the Akola district in Berar. 3 Mahārāsțra of No. 42 and Gurjara of No. 43 are well known. Mahoragapura of No. 44 may be the present Nagpur. Vasti and Sopara of No. 47 can be identified with Vasai (Bassain) and Sopārā near Bombay. Triyambaka of No. 50 is Tryambak in the Nasik district. Brahmagiri of No. 51, we have already identified as the mountain which is the source of the Godavari.
There are some place-names in the titles which still remain obscure. But from what we have shown above it is clear that Kālasena had much to do with the regions of the Nasik, Khandesh, and Ahmadnagar districts and the adjacent area. Conclusion :
Our examination of the longest Prasasti of Kālasena has shown that Kālasena was the lord of Brahma giri-the mountain which is the source of the Godavari river, and that he lived sometime between 1430 to 1550 A. D. His vars'a or family was known as Vyāghra-Cāmikara or more probably Suvarna-Vyāghra, The 'golden tiger' might have been the emblem on their flag. His father's name was Mţgāņka Tāmarāja and mother's Jasamāmbikā. He was married to Karmāyati Lashumädevi of the Nikumbha family. He had helped his in-laws in regaining or retaining the kingdom of their ancestor Indrarāja. Unless this Prasasti is a complete fraud or fabrication, we must say that such a prince must have ruled Janasthāna in the Nasik district in the fifteenth or the sixteenth century. Inspite of our best efforts, however, we have not been able to obtain any other corroborative evidence.
Even the name of Kālasena is something rare, for we have met with only one instance of that name, viz. Kālasena, the elder brother of
1. Surat p. 299. 2. Ahamadnagar p. 733 and p. 736 respectively. 3. I G. XVIII 3-p. 379-380. 4. See B. G. Vol. I. Part II. Suvarna Garuga-Dhvaja was the emblem of the
Yadavas of Devagiri p. 577, Silābāras p 538, 544, Ratas p. 552, Suvarnavęsabhadhvaja was the emblem of the Kalacuris p. 469,
