Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c20.9

c20.9

Subâhu who belonged to the Yâdava race was a universal sovereign. He had four sons among whom he divided the whole earth ruled over by him The second son Dṛiḍhaprahâra⁴ became king in the south or Dekkan. The Yâdavas, it is stated, were at first lords of Mathurâ, then from the time of Kṛishṇa they became sovereigns of Dvâravatî or Dvârakâ, and came to be rulers of the south from the time of the son of Subâhu, *viz.*, Dṛiḍhaprahâra His capital was Śrînagara according to the Vratakhaṇḍa, while from the grant it appears to have been a town of the name of Chandrâdityapura, which may have been the modern Châmdor in the Nâsik district. He had a son of the name of Seunachandra who succeeded to the throne. The country over which he ruled was called Seunadeśa⁵ after him, and he appears to have founded a town also of the name of Seunapura. Seunadeśa was the name of the region extending from Nâsik to Devagiri, the modern Daulatâbâd, since later on we are told that Devagiri was situated in Seunadeśa and that this latter was situated on the confines of Daṇḍakâraṇya.⁶ This name seems to be preserved in the modern Khândeś. In a foot-note on the opening page of the Khândes Volume, the Editor of the "Bombay Gazetteer" observes that the name of the country was older than Musalman times, and it was afterwards changed by them to suit the title of Khân given to the Fâruki kings by Ahmed I of Gujarât Seunadesa, therefore, was very likely the original name and it was changed to Khândes, which name soon came into general use on account of its close resemblance in sound to Seunadesa The country however extended farther southwards than the present district of Khândes, since it included Devagiri or Daulatâbâd, and probably it did not include the portion north of the Tâpî