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teen miles from Nasik." What place is meant by Aștādas'agiri is not clear.
Thus we can locate Kālasena in the Nasik district somewhere near Trgambaka. In the Pāțhyaratnakos'a (p. 69 verse 12) he is called 'Janasthānāyanibhrt' that is the ‘king of Janasthāna'. This region is to be
identified with a region which includes Pañcavați and Nasik. Nandlal • De describes it as Aurangabad and the country between the Godavari
and the Krishņā.” The title No. 4 of the Prasasti refers to him as .one who has rescued Janasthāna of twelve thousand and other parts of the earth'.
So from these titles we can guess that Kālasena was a chief ruling : in the Nasik district and region round about.
: Now let us see what other place-names can be identified. Title No. 9 represents him as having destroyed all enemies from Agastipura.
This Agastipura can be identified with Igatpuri about thirty miles ..south-west of Nasik.3 Title No. 15 mentions Kalyāṇapura. Fleet
identifies Kalyāṇapura with the modern Kalyāṇi in the erstwhile Nizam's Dominions. But it might be Kalyāņa in the Thana district. Sthāna in the title No. 16 we have already identified with the fort of Thaner. It may be Thāņā near Bombay also. S'ripura in the title No. 17 can be identified with Sirpur in the Ahmadnagar district.5. Title No. 18 mentions Vātikācala and Acala. The latter may be identified with the Achala fort in the Nasik district-the west-most point in the Chandor range, and the former perhaps with Tringalawāļi.6
Madanpura in the title No. 19 may be the Madangad of the Nasik i district.? Suvarnagiri of the title No. 20 may be the Suvarnadurga
in the Konkan.8 Navasāri and Ghanadevi can be identified with the modern Navasari and Gañadevi in the Surat district. So also Patali of the title No. 22 with the modern Pāțaời. Tārāpura of No. 23 with the town of the same name near Bombay. In Sanjñāpura of No. 25, there seems to be a reference to Sanjñā-the queen of the Sun-who is also called Rājñi or Rändel in Gujarati. Thus Sanjnāpura is equi
1. Nasik p. 416. 2. Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval India, p. 80. 3. Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval India, p. 2 and Nasik p. 444. . It is derived from Vigatpuri (?Vikațapuri) meaning a city of difficulty. . 4. See B. G. Vol. I Part II p. 335 f. n. 1. 5. Abmadnagar p. 728. 6. Nasik p. 414 and 441. 7. Nasik p. 450. 8. B. G. Vol. I Part II p. 75.
