The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c13.s5.29

v2.c13.s5.29

¹ N. Lakshminarayana Rao holds that the Sapādalakṣa country 'was situated not far from the Karimnagar District' (*JOR*, xviii, 41) and that it 'comprised at least the central and eastern portions of the present Hyderabad State, i.e. Nizamabad and a major portion of the Karimnagar District, though its actual extent and boundaries cannot be determined in the present state of our knowledge' (ibid., p. 42). He seeks support from a suggestion of M. Venkataramayya and from an inscription. Unfortunately, both turn out on careful scrutiny to be quite inconclusive. Venkatara-