The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c12.501

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MAHÁRÁSHTRA: region in which Maráṭhi is spoken except the Konkan; limits of, 134, 587; country about the Godávarí, 135; number of villages contained in, 298 note 2, 341 note 2; 355 note 3, 431 note 2; proof of, subjugation of, by the Aryas, 136; associated with Mahishmatí in the Puráṇas, 140, 141; not referred to in the Rámáyaṇa and the Mahábhárata, 142; referred to in books and inscriptions, etymology of the name of, Sanskrit name of, 143; Varáhamihira mentions it as a southern country, 144; referred to in the Puráṇas, 145; political history of, 146; governed by Puḷumáyi, 151; under the sway of the Kshatrapa dynasty, 157; ruled by Nahapána, 160; Yajña Srí's reign in, 166; dates of the later Sátaváhana kings in, 168, 169; the religious, social, and economic condition of, under the Andhrabhṛityas or Sátaváhanas, 173-176; establishment of the supremacy of Pulikeśin II., 311; visited by Hwan Thsang, 184, 353-354 and note 3, 619; overthrow of Chálukya power by Ráshtrakúṭas in, 190; Chálukyas of Kalyáṇa rise to power in; Devagiri Yádavas follow Chálukyas; Musalmáns invade (1294), 587; the Yádava dynasty is extinguished (1312), 533, 587; 619; becomes a province of the Musalmán empire of Delhi, 619; Musalmán nobles of the empire revolt and establish a dynasty in (1344-1347), 588, 520; the Durgádevi famine in (1396-1408), 588; under the Bahamani dynasty (1347-1500), 620. See Dakhani and Maráṭhás.