The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c8.s2.10

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The phonetic resemblance of Bijaur-Bāgāṭ with Vākāṭa is very striking. It would have supplied very strong evidence for placing the home of the Vākāṭakas at that place, had we not come across a Vākāṭaka householder in a third-century votive inscription at Amraoti⁴ in Andhra country. It is very improbable, though not impossible, that a householder from Bijaur-Bāgāṭ in Bundelkhand should have gone to distant Amraoti to make a votive donation. It is more likely that the place Vākāṭa may have been nearer to Amraoti, somewhere in the Eastern Deccan, rather than to the north of the Vindhyas. It cannot, however, be identified in our present state of knowledge, and we must await further discoveries.