Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c18.22

c18.22

¹⁶ Dr Bühler in his paper in Vol VI, Ind Ant, simply states that the "grant (Baroda) connects him (Kṛishṇarâja) with the hill at Elâpur, where he seems to have built a fort and a splendid temple of Śiva" He has not identified Elâpura and did not perceive the important significance of this and the next two stanzas He, however, suspected that one of the verses was badly deciphered That this and the following verses are somewhat badly deciphered there is no doubt, but the translation in the Bengal Asiatic Society's Journal is far worse and Dr Bühler was misled by it Dr Fleet has published a revised translation (Ind Ant, Vol XII, p 162), but as regards this passage it certainly is no improvement on the first He also once spoke of "a hill fort" (Ind Ant, Vol XI, p 123), and now thinks Flapura is in the passage meant to be represented as Kṛishṇarâja's "encampments" He identifies Flapura with Yellapur in the North Kânara districts But the manner in which the temple is described according to my translation and also the obvious derivation of Elur from Elâpura, and Elurâ from Elâpurala, leave little doubt that a rock-cut temple at Elurâ is meant to be spoken of and actually the existence of a Râshṭrakûṭa inscription in one of the temples confirms my conclusion That my translation is correct and appropriate, I have shown in an article published in the Indian Antiquary, Vol XII, p 228, where the reader will find the point fully discussed