The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.198

c5.s9.198

**Kuṇinda**—Same as Kulinda-deśa. It is the Kauninda of Bṛihat-Saṃhitā, ch. XIV, v. 30, Kuntala-desa—At the time of the Chalukyas, Kuntala desa was bounded on the north by the Narbada, on the south by the Tungabhadra on the west by the Arabian Sea, and on the east by the Godavari and the Eastern Ghats Its capitals were Nasik and Kalyana at different periods (*Ind Ant*, XXII, 1803, p 182 *Antiquities of Bidar and Aurangabad Districts*, by Burgess) In later times the Southern Mahratta country was called Kuntala (Dr Bhandarkar's *Hist of the Dekkan*, sec XII, *Vamana P*, ch 13) It included the north of the present Mysore country (*JRAS* 1911 p 812) In the *Dasakumaracharita* (ch 8), it is placed among the dependent kingdoms of Bidarbha But in the tenth century, the town of Bidarbha is mentioned as being situated in Kuntala desa (*Rajashekhara's Karpura manjari*, Act I) The later inscriptions called it Karnataka desa (*Literary Remains of Dr Bhau Daji* by Ramchandra Gosh, Preface, p xxxiv) Kuntala was also called Karnata (see Buhler's note at pp 27, 28 of the Introduction to the *Vikramankadevacharita* by Bilhana) The *Tara Tantra* also says that Karnata was the name of Maharashtra (see Ward's *History, Literature, and Religion of the Hindus*, vol I, p 558) The *Markandeya P*, ch 57, mentions two countries by the name of Kuntala, one in Madhyadesa and the other in Dakshinathya, see Kuntalapura