Indian Antiquary Vol 18

SR No.: 032510
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: John Faithfull Fleet, Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 454
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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1. THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[Juns, 1889.
Bhakhar
lat. 23° 51' N.
1
.
bounded east by Disayaja
* Umjhà
principles of Gajarati phonetics, and it is still a considerable place with 1813 inhabitants according to the Trig. Surv, Map. This Gambhůta-Gambhu is, of course, the place where Stlankacharya wrote his Achárángatik, ante, Vol. XV. p. 188. Mr. Fleet's suggestion, loc. cit., that Gambháta might possibly be Cambay, appears to me untenable also for other reasons. For the word Gambhätá can never be corrupted to Cambay. Moreover, the correct name of Cambay is Khambhåyat; and the Prákşit form is Khambhaittha, derived from Skambhatirtha. The latter is a synonym for Stambhatirtha, the usual Sanskrit name of Cambay in the Prabandhas and the inscriptions.
The villages mentioned in the Chaulukys grant No. 10. In the Chaalukya grant No. 10, ante, Vol. VI. p. 208ff., Tribhuvanapâla presents to the Sattrágdra in the Talapada of Madla, (1), the village of BhAmshara in the Vishaya Pathaka (platė I. 1. 13); and (2), the village of Rajapurt in the Dandhi Pathaka (plate I. 1. 13). The boundaries of the two villages are described with great accuracy on plate II. II. 3-9. Nearly all the places named there are found on Nos. 76 and 78 of the Trig. Survey Map, Gujarat Series. A comparison of the statements in the inscription with the actualities on the maps, gives the following results :According to the inscription.
According to the map No. 76. (1) Bharghars
long. 22° 28' E. So
1 Dâsaj Karali Tribha
Tarabh Arathaura
Aithôr
1 Unjha Umjha
Unjha north Dâsayaja
Dasaj Kambalt
Kambli (actually north] Bann Slat. 23° 19' N.
Rajapur { (2) Rajapari
Map
llong. 72° 26' E. J No 78. bounded east by Kûlâva(sána]
Jhulasan (Map No. 6]. Dångaraná
Dångarwa » south-east Chamdårasana
Charåsen Indråvada
Idarad south Åhirâņa
Irána
Sarsảð: Namdâvasaņa
Nandasan Umtau ya
Utwa Sirasåvi
(Sarsi >> north Namda vasana
Nandasan north-east Kuiyala
Kiôl.
, I may add that Karali probably exists. The map, No. 4, on which it ought to stand, is at present not accessible to me. I suspect that there is a mistake in one of the two names, Kalâva[saņa] and Jhulasan, which do not properly correspond. Possibly the sign on the inscription has been misread. In Kuiyala-Kiól, the transposition of the second and third letters ought to be noted.
The results show that the Vishaya Pathaka included the districts south-east of Sidhpur, and the DardAht Pathaka those east of Kadi. The meaning of the first name is clear ; that of the second I am unable to explain.
As the chiot priest in Mandal-Audal (plate II. line 18) is made the manager of the villages, Madla probably lay olose to the latter town.
The correct name is Athôr, see Bombay Gassettder, Vol. VIII. p. 619.
,
West
Sirasavi