The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.65

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Karṇâvati—1. The river Kane in Bundelkhand (Arch. S. Rep., vols. II and XXI). But this name does not appear in any Purâṇa. See Śyeṇî and Śuktimatî. 2. Ahmedabad in Gujarât. It was built by Râjâ Karṇa Deva of the Solanki race of Anahillapattana or Pattana in Gujarât in the eleventh century (Tawney: Merutuṅga's Prabandhachintâmaṇi, pp. 80, 97n.). Ahmad Shah made it his capital after conquering it. It was also called Śrînagar. It is the Râjanagara of the Jainas (Antiquities of Kathiawad and Kachh by Burgess; H. Cousen's Revised Lists of Antiquarian Remains in the Bombay Presidency, vol. III).