The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s18.56.3

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(3) On the other hand, though the village which was granted, and the two villages which are named in defining its position, have not been identified, the charter records that it was issued by Pulikêśin II: when he was in residence at Vâtâpi, which is the modern Bâdâmi in the Bîjâpur District; and the places are, probably, to be located somewhere in the neighbourhood of Bâdâmi. (4) To make a grant in one locality of any practical use to a resident of another place, the two places must be sufficiently near each other for reasonable facilities of access; and, consequently, Tagara must be located within some measurable distance from Bâdâmi. (5) Karavîra, or Kôlhâpur, about one hundred and five miles to the north-west from Bâdâmi, is sufficiently near to answer this requirement. (6) The antiquity of Karavîra, or of Kôlhâpur, is undeniable; for, numerous Buddhist remains have been found in the immediate neighbourhood, including a large *stûpa*, at Kôlhâpur itself, containing a crystal relic casket the lid of which bears an inscription in pure Aśôka characters of the third century B. C. (see *Cave-Temple Inscriptions*, p. 39, No. 6). (7) In spite of this, no really ancient epigraphic mention of the place under either name has been obtained: of Karavîra, indeed, I can quote no such mention at all; and of Kôlhâpur, the earliest mention that has been obtained is of A.D. 1024 (in the Miraj grant of the Western Châlukya king Jayasimha II; *Ind. Ant.* Vol. VIII. p. 18).