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time of Nārāyaṇapāla, Devapāla, Jain Harivaṁsa and Rajatarāgini of Kalhana and proved that Gurjaradeśa primarily comprised of the regions of Rājaputānā and Kanauja.'
Dhanapāla has referred to the Gurjaras on Arbuda singing songs in praise of the king Paramāra born from the fire altar (agnikunda) who brought back the cow of Vasistha from Viśvāmitra.? Dr. V. S. Pathaka has identified Paramāras with Agniveśa Brāhmanas who belonged to Vasistha family by construing the Agni Kula legend in the light of the evidence adduced by the Puranas. Lāța
Dhanapāla has mentioned the Ladies from Lāta, Kerala Kuntala etc.(TM III P.70-71, 411-12 above) and has given no details which can help us identify Lāta specifically. The Mandasor Insc. Of Bandhuvarman, the Ghat iyālā Insc. Of the Paramāra king Kakkuka refer to Lāța desa. According to some Lāța was southern Gujarāta including Khandesh situated between the rivers Māhi and lower Tāptī. Some hold it as lying between rivers Māhi and Kim. It comprised the collectorates of Surat, Broach, Kheda and parts of Baroda. The Rewah stone ins. of Karna refers to Lāta generally identified with central and southern Gujarāta. Lāțarāstra is identical with the old Lāta kingdom of Gujarāta, the capital city of which is stated in the Dīpavassa (p. 54) to have been Simhapura (Sīhapura)". Kuntala.
This is a district of the Karnata country. According to some Mysore Inscriptions the Kuntala region included the southern part of the Bombay Presidency and the Northern portion of Mysore. The identity of the Gondaloi with Kuntala proposed by Yule may be accepted. It is so called because it resembles the hair (Kuntala) of the goddess of the earth. It was ruled at one time by the kings of the Nanda dynasty. The Kuntalas of the Deccan appear to have risen to a considerable importance in historical times. The Kuntala country is frequently referred to in the inscriptions of the 11th and 12th centuries when it consisted of the southern Marāthā country and the adjoining Kanarese districts. Literary and epigraphic references prove beyond doubt that there were several families of the Śātakarņīs of the Deccan and one or more of these families ruled over Kuntala of the
1. Pratihāras pp. 9-12. 2. Cp. 509 above. 3. Ancient Historians of India pp. 166-171 Dr. V. S. Pathak. 4. HGAI pp. 338-339.
