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EPIGRAPHIA JAINICA.
root Kūd=to gather together, Hence Guda= collection. It may mean a collection of Kadamba trees or Kadamba people. The existence of this place along with Munisiagi (Munisringa)points to Jaina colonies of Kshatriyas and ascetics, as in the case of Parlakimedi Agency. It is also interesting to notice as a piece of cumulative evidence, the existence in this division, of place-names ending in bhatta, probably formed after the names of scholars who had considerable fame and influence. As instances may be noted Katchangibhatta, Kuddubhatta, Kumbi-. bhatta, Lakkabhatta, Pedabhattuguda, Ranibhatta, Sukulabhatta.. Who these Bhattas were (they must have been famous scholars, possibly Jains) and what part they played in the cultural life of the period remains to be unveiled by patient research and exploration in these forest glades oblivious of " the madding crowd." Jayapura, Jayanagaram in the Jeypur Agency must have derived their names from sovereigns of the Kadamba line called Jayavarma; Jayantigiri reminds one of the Vaijayanti of later Kadambas linking up the later line with the earlier one. Kadamaguda occurs eight times as a place-name in the Jeypur Agency. I regard this as an indication of a long occupation of these tracts by a Kadamba line of kings. Place-names in bhatta are also frequent in this division. For instance, Amalabhatta, Bannabhattiguda, Bhattiguda, Dalubhatta, Mavulibhatta. Other places are sometimes named in this division, after
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