Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c20.s3.35

c20.s3.35

Koṭṭūra has been identified with Kothoor, 12 miles south-east of Mahendragiri in Gañjām.⁴ Pishṭapura is Piṭhāpuram in the Godāvarī district. Eraṇḍapalla is identified by Fleet with Eraṇḍol in Khandesh, and by Dubreuil with Eraṇḍapali, "a town probably near Chicacole" in the Gañjām district.⁵ But G. Ramdas⁶ suggests the identification of Eraṇḍapalla with Yeṇḍipalli in Vizagapatam or Eṇḍapilli in Ellore Tāluk. Kāñchī is Conjeeveram near Madras. Avamukta cannot be satisfactorily identified. But the name of its king Nīlarāja reminds us of Nilapalli, "an old seaport near Yanam" in the Godāvarī district.¹ Veṅgī has been identified with Vegi or Pedda-Vegi, 7 miles north of Ellore between the Kṛishṇā and the Godāvarī. Its king Hastivarman was identified by Hultzsch with Attivarman (of the Ānanda family).² But the more probable view is that he belonged to the Śālaṅkāyana dynasty.³ Palakka is probably identical with Palakkada, (or Pālatkaṭa) a Pallava royal residence or seat of a viceroy in Guntur or Nellore in South India. Allan and G. Ramdas locate it in the Nellore district.⁴ Devarāshṭra is the Yellamañchili tāluk of the Vizagapatam district.⁵ Kusthalapura is, according to Dr. Barnett, probably Kuttalur, near Polur, in North Arcot.⁶