The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c11.s8.11

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The banner of the Kalachuris was a golden bull (*suvarṇavṛishabha-dhvaja*), and they were heralded in public by the sounding of the *ḍamaruka* or double-drum of the shape of an hour-glass. Their crest is not particularized in any of our sources. They are generally styled *Kālañjara-puravarādhīśvara*. Kālañjara, the scene of the legendary achievement of the barber-founder of the line, is a well-known hill-fort in the Banda District (Uttar Pradesh) in Bundelkhand, the heart of the ancient Kalachuri territory proper. The Kalachuris of Dāhala regularly used the mysterious Traikūṭaka era beginning in A.D. 248-9, and the era is on that account often called the Kalachuri or Chedi era, Chedi being another name for the Dāhala country.