The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c6.s8.t1.2

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Coming to the western Deccan we find reference in Kadamba records not only to Vaijayantī, which has already been frequently mentioned above, but also to Palāśikā or Halsi in the Belgaum District, Triparvata (identified with Devagiri or with Trigiri or Tegur in the Dhārwār District, and by some with Murgoḍ in the Belgaum District), and Uchchhaśṛṅgī (either in the Chitaldroog or in the Bellāry District). Kadambas of a later age had for their chief cities Pānumgal or Hāngal in the Dhārwār District and Gopakapurī, Gopakapurī, or Gove, modern Goa. A city named Purī appears as the ‘queen of the Western ocean’ and the chief city of northern Koṅkaṇ from the time of the early Chālukyas to that of the Śilāhāras (seventh to the eleventh or twelfth century A.D.). Its exact identity is uncertain. It is, however, important to remember that Alberunī (A.D. 1030) referred to ‘Tāṇa’ as the capital of the province of ‘Kunkan’. It is perhaps not unreasonable to surmise that we have to look for Purī, the capital of the ‘fourteen hundred’ province of Koṅkaṇ, at or near modern Ṭhāṇa in the island of Salsette.