[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899) › c5.s2.97 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.97 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.97 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.97) Bengi—The capital of Andhra, situated north-west of the Elur lake between the Godâvarî and the Kṛiṣhṇa in the Kistna district. It is now called Begî or Pedda-Begî (\*Sewell's Sketch of the Dynasties of Southern India\*, p. 99). Viṣhṇuvardhana, brother of Pulakeśî II, founded here a branch of the Chalukya dynasty in the seventh century A.D. (see \*Andhra\*). Its name is mentioned in the \*Vikramâṅkadevacharita\*, VI, p. 26 (see Buhler's note in the \*Introduction\* to this work at p. 35). From the capital, the country was also called Bengi-deśa which according to Sir W. Elliot, comprised the districts between the Kṛiṣhṇa and the Godâvarî (\*JRAS.\*, vol. IV). It is now called the Northern Circars (\*Dr. Wilson's Indian Castes\*, vol. II, p. 88). Its original boundaries were, on the west the Eastern Ghats, on the north the Godâvarî and on the south the Kṛiṣhṇa (\*Bomb. Gaz.\*, vol. I, Pt. II, p. 280). - [Previous: c5.s2.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.96) - [Next: c5.s2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.98) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Vikramāṅkadevacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.daksinatya.purvadaksina.vikramankadeva) — Bilhaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.97) · Pramāṇa