Book Title: Yasastilaka and Indian Culture
Author(s): Krishnakant Handiqui
Publisher: Jain Sanskruti Samrakshak Sangh Solapur

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________________ 514 YAŠASTILAKA AND INDIAN CULTURE Vanavāsi in the North Kanara District." (Huastg mga traat). KuśägraThe territories of the Kadambas of Vana- pura is mentioned by Yuan Chwang, vāsi comprised the North Kanara District being called the centre of Magadha and and parts of Mysore, Belgaum and Dhar- its old capital. "The city derived its war. Somadeva seems to have this area name from the excellent fragrant reedin his mind. See Sarkar in IHQ, Vol. grass which abounded there." Watters : XXII, p. 233. Kuntala seems, however, On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, to refer to a wider area. "The follow- Vol. II, p. 148. According to a tradition ing verse which occurs in the Nilgund preserved in Hemacandra's Trişastiếalāplate describes the Later Cālukya emperor kāpuruşacarita, Prasenajit was king of Jayasimha II alias Mallikāmoda as ruling Kuśāgrapura. Because of frequent fires over the Kuntala country where flows the in Kuśägrapura Prasenajit ordered that famous river Krşņavarņā (i. e. the Krşpå any one in whose house a fire occurred which gets this name after its confluence should be exiled from the city. As a fire with the Veņā near Mahuli, 3 miles east subsequently oocurred in the palace, Praof Sätārā): fetara or à sa ta ocal senajit felt bound by his own edict, left grasfat mati fariad Afsarata: 11" The the city, and founded Rājagrha. See Rāştrakūtas and the Later Cālukyas are Johnson in 1HQ, Vol. XXII, p. 228. described in contemporary records and Rajagrha, the new capital, is modern Sanskrit works as rulers of Kuntala. The Rajgir, south of Patna, near Bihar (town). capital of the Rāştrakūtas was Mânyakhe- Rājagrha, called also Paicaśailapura, the ta, modern Mālkhed in the Gulbarga city surrounded by the five hills, is District of Hyderabad State; while that mentioned by Somadeva in Book VI, sectof the Later Cälukyas was Kalyāna, about ion 13 ( Hirua tg TIFTETTAmat a yt). 50 miles almost due north of Malkhed, near Kusumapura, Book IV (Fungt atera etc). Bidar in the Bidar District in the same Same as Pātaliputra. State. "Mālkhed is about 250 miles, as Lampāka, Book III (594grytfaran TATYTKthe crow flies, north by east of Banavāsi and more than 50 miles north of the 7...... ha). Identified with the Krsņā.” The Udayasundarikatha says modern Laghman. It is the Lan-po of Yuan-chuang, and supposed to represent that Pratişthāna, modern Paithan on the the Lambatai of Ptolemy. Watters: On Godāvari, was the capital of the Kuntala country. Kuntala thus did not comprise Yuan Chwang, Vol. I, p. 181. only the North Kanara District of Bombay | Lata 1. 185 (atra HTA). Oomm. Says Province and parts of Mysore, Belgaum and aratai 75mgasitarai oftT17. BhrgukaDharwar Districts, but extended much ccha, or Bharukaccha, as it is called in further to the north so as to include Päli, is modern Broach (District and what we now call the Southern Maratha Town) at the mouth of the Narmada. country. See Mirashi in THQ, Vol. Läța corresponds roughly to Eastern Gujarat. XXII, p. 310. Madra 3. 112 (fast HT trata). IdentiKurujāngala 1. 211 (FFFFSasaT47). A fied with the country about Sakala (Sialportion of the Kuru country, which con kot) in the Punjab between the Ravi and tained the city of Hastinapura, called by the Chenab. Somadeva Hastināgapura or Hastinapura Māhismatī, Book III ( P HT4787in Book VI, section 20. Jangaladesa माहिष्मतीपतिप्रभृतीनामवनीपतीनां बलानि and माहिand Hastināgapura are mentioned also in chatyafara Book VII, section 28. 19:). Comm. says niet 7 Forst Tyagraft a. Supposed to be Kus'āgrapura in Magadha, Book VI, section 6 Maheshwar on the Narmadä in Indore, or Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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