The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.54

c5.s9.54

Karavana—Karvan in the territory of the Gaikwar, 15 miles south of Baroda and 8 miles north east of Miyagam railway station Nakulisa, the founder of the Pasupata sect of Saivism, flourished between the 2nd and 5th century A D His chief shrine of Siva called Nakulisa or Nakulesvara (see Devi P, ch 63) was at Karvan The special holiness attached to the Narbada and its pebbles as Lingas is probably due to the contiguity of this shrine of Karvan (Bhagavanlal Indraji's Early History of Gujarat, pp 83, 84) Same as Kayavarohana.